Sexual Abuse in Social Context: Clergy and other (Secular) Professionals.

[Rev. Rye]

The one thing I'll say in defense of the Roman Catholic Church's abysmal handling of this problem, however: even if their usual treatment of reassigning offending priests to another parish was alarmingly ineffective, it was at least an intended punishment.

Or it is an award because the Catholic Church has sent him to a new place where people don't know him and will carelessly entrust him with their kids.

The other thing is that Catholic Church moves all priests from parish to parish every five or so years. I guess that it is because they can't settle down and have a family of their own.

I said it was an intended punishment, not that it didn't ultimately act as an award. To me, making a token effort and failing miserably > not even trying. Why, yes, it does suck that the only way I can actually compliment the Vatican on their handling of this shit is by comparing them to another religion that doesn't even bother.

Also, I did not know about the "every five or so years" thing. Then again, the most time I spent in a Catholic environment was high school, and that's only four years.