WILMINGTON (DE)
The News Journal
10/01/2005
Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are going through an agonizing ordeal that in the end will be good for them and their church.
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington should study the process closely.
Last month, a Philadelphia grand jury laid bare a horrifying tale of five decades' worth of child abuse by priests. The report was at turns horrifying and humiliating for the archdiocese's hundreds of thousands of Catholics.
The grand jury's report detailed the names of the accused priests and the parishes they served. Victims and their relatives who had been kept in the dark about the extent of the problem were able to examine the record of where and when these abusive priests were stationed.