Holy Crap Update
The Mexican bishop had trouble on his hands. An attacker had nearly killed one of his priests, whose sexual misconduct was well known to the bishop. And now villagers were telling police about a stream of young male visitors to the priest's parish residence.
The U.S. bishop had a different problem: a lack of Spanish-speaking priests to serve a growing immigrant population.
And so, in 1987, the Rev. Nicolás Aguilar got a fresh start in Southern California. Just nine months later, he was on the move again, leaving behind one of the largest child sexual abuse cases in Los Angeles Archdiocese history. Again, scandal was contained with the priest hiding abroad.
Father Aguilar's tale of international flight fits a pattern that Catholic Church leaders have repeated around the world, a yearlong Dallas Morning News investigation has found.
Matt's Chat
This is a very interesting serious exposing the international problem of the Catholic priest abuse scandal that the Holy Father seems to forget about when he is lecturing the US... I recommend you check it all out if this is a story you are following:
Overview;
Part I;
Part II; this one is Part III; and a
Multimedia presentation.
