NEW JERSEY
Times of Trenton
Published: Monday, April 23, 2012
By Times of Trenton Editorial Board
The testimony during the ongoing clerical abuse trial in Philadelphia has been as graphic as it’s been heartbreaking.
Powerless victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests are now old enough to tell their stories – and be heard. They have described methodical and brazen predators, freely roaming among vulnerable children.
Closer to home, New Jersey State Police have rounded up more than two dozen people who are suspected to have traded in child pornography.
As a society, we are more vigilant. We have learned, painfully, that priests should no longer be considered sacrosanct. And the state police have developed a high-tech means of identifying distributors of child pornography.
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