As the Catholic Herald reported yesterday, Catholics face another test of faith as news of another suspected sex abuse scandal involving our priests emerges.
The institutional Church has over years been devastated by clergy sex abuse scandals around the world, including, notably, in Ireland, the United States and most recently France.
We should never underestimate how many Catholics end up turning their backs on the institutional Church because of these scandals. Good, decent, Mass-going Catholics who have said they’ve had enough and walked away. I wouldn’t dare judge them, although it is not something I have decided to do myself for different reasons.
