Sexual Abuse Scandals Have 'Tarnished the Catholic Hierarchy,' but Culture of Secrecy Persists

The Current
January 25, 2013

http://current.com/shows/viewpoint/videos/sexual-abuse-scandals-have-tarnished-the-catholic-hierarchy-but-culture-of-secrecy-persists/

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David Clohessy, executive director of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, joins John Fugelsang on “Viewpoint” to assess the ongoing sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, including news that the retired archbishop of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, hid evidence that clergymen were molesting children.

“This is a monarchy, and as much as this scandal has tarnished the Catholic hierarchy, the men at the top of the pyramid still have faced little, if any, consequences for their dreadful wrongdoing,” Clohessy says. “For that reason, their power remains intact, and for that reason, I think, we’ve seen so little change on their part.”