Time’s up on Pope Francis and Catholic Church Leaders Being Able to Handle Clergy Abuse Crisis

Boston Globe
September 2, 2018

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2018/09/02/law-enforcement-must-clean-catholic-church/qfSKUHyqNOfh1xhUYJhV6L/story.html

Catholics everywhere — and anyone who cares about children — should demand that our criminal justice system start treating the Roman Catholic Church for what many victims believe it is: an international criminal conspiracy to cover up the rape of what in the United States alone might amount to 100,000 children.

Every attorney general in the country should use their subpoena powers to force the church hierarchy to give up their long-held secrets of clerical crimes. Every state legislature should eliminate the statute of limitations on sexual crimes against children. In every state, clergy should be mandated reporters of alleged sexual abuse.

Send in the feds, too. As recommended by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), amend the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to allow federal prosecutors to hold church leaders criminally responsible for their roles in covering up sex crimes against children.