Meaningfulness v meaninglessness; theism vs atheism;

[thesummerqueen]

The "cover ups" are not so bad as they sound. People cover up crimes like this for all sorts of reason, not all of which are evil. For one thing there was a belief, due to liberal social sciences, that children molesters could reform if they admitted to the crime and took steps to stop it, this was AGAINST Canon Law, which called for very tough measures against the perpetrator.

Wait a minute. Wait a goddamn minute. I really hope that you meant something other than what it sounds when you said this:

People cover up crimes like this for all sorts of reason, not all of which are evil.

In what universe is it EVER acceptable to cover up a crime such as molestation? The cover ups aren't as bad as they sound?

It is up to the medical and psychological community to figure out whether or not something can be done to a perp once he's caught. But to enact those measures, he has to be caught to begin with. There is clear evidence in multiple cases of 'hush ups' to avoid scandal, and thus men who never got punished either way. No thought for the people who were repeatedly raped, sometimes over the course of decades, by these vicious men who were supposed to remain celibate because their religion said so, and then used the trappings of that same religion to enact horrible physical, emotional, and mental abuse on their victims.