March of 2011 was a busy month with regards to world news - Japan Earthquake & Tsunami, Libya rebellion followed by Civil war and International bombing and so on. These are big and important stories that deserve our full attention but one story that only briefly skimmed the headlines was the Philadelphia Catholic Peadophile scandal. I honestly believe that even 10 years ago this story would have demanded greater coverage and the reports of child molestation by 21 bishops would have been viewed as important enough to live in the headlines alongside the Japan tragedy. Have we just grown immune to reports of child sex abuse by priests that we now see it as just another one of those things? Its almost as though Catholic priest sex scandals are now just good material for jokes.
"The U.S. Cardinals said they are going to develop a code of ethics to help them deal with the sexual scandal. Wait a minute, I thought their already was a code of ethics, it's called the Bible." —Jay Leno
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