Letter from Archbishop Cordileone Regarding National Sexual Abuse Revelations

The recent reports of episcopal negligence and malfeasance in the face of clerical sexual abuse, coupled with some reports of bishops themselves guilty of sexual predation, have reopened old wounds and inflicted new ones on victims, their families, the Catholic faithful at large, and indeed, the larger society.  This has been further fueled by a spirit of raw ambition on the part of some, who will stop at nothing to advance their careers and climb the ecclesial corporate ladder over investing themselves in serving the people of God.  Such behavior on the part of Church leaders is despicable, reprehensible, and absolutely unbecoming of a man of God...   Continued