NEW YORK (NY)
New York Daily News
September 1, 2018
By Arthur McGrath
The Bible tells us that when Jesus, considered by the Romans to be a criminal, was arrested in the days before his crucifixion, St. Peter was confronted by different local people about his suspected affiliation with the man.
Each time Peter was confronted, he denied any association or even knowing Jesus.
It has become well known that Catholic bishops across the United States have for decades failed to report to the police the suspected or known crimes of sexual abuse of children by priests. This failure to report the criminal activity generally denied justice to the child sex crime victims. Let us call this the First Denial of Jesus.
The Second Denial of Jesus: decades of covering up crimes and shuffling known predator priests.
We hope most of these activities have been reduced over the last decade or so by various reforms put in place by the Catholic Church.
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