When we think about our society's failing to hold people accountable for their wrongdoing, Wall Street greedheads almost always come to mind. However, we're reading that Catholic bishops are getting more aggressive in fighting a group representing the victims of abuse by Catholic clergy. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has been subpoenaed repeatedly by lawyers representing the Catholic Church in a Missouri abuse case, as part of an ongoing effort by the Church hierarchy to silence the victim advocacy group. The bishops have been joined in their drive to shut down sex abuse claims against the Church by a Rethuglican front group, the so-called "Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights," whose leader "Sweaty Bill" Donohue uttered this statement:
“The bishops have come together collectively. I can’t give you the names, but there’s a growing consensus on the part of the bishops that they had better toughen up and go out and buy some good lawyers to get tough. We don’t need altar boys.”Sweaty Bill better get the bishops to approve that last sentence: they may have to shell out some settlement money, but damned if these bishops want to give up their recreational sexytime.
