World: Sound familiar? Ireland’s Catholic Church rocked by a sex-abuse scandal
- Yes, storms spark fear, even those that rock the boat of the church because of the sins of its members.
- Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone • Discussing sexual-abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church of Ireland. A November report noted that the church “obsessively” hid child abuse between the years of 1975 and 2004. Four bishops have already resigned as a result of the scandal, where at least one priest admitted to abusing as many as 100 children. Yikes. source