Analysis: On sexual abuse, what will U.S. bishops, and the pope, do next? / Catholic News Agency

These are unpredictable times in the life of the Church, shaped by events with little precedent. But four points seem clear about the months to come … (Catholic News Agency)

“Bishop Frank Rodimer and Fr. Peter Osinski were friends. Osinski was a priest in the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey. Rodimer was Bishop of Paterson, a nearby diocese, from 1978 until 2004. For years the men rented a beach house together each summer on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island, south of Seaside and north of Atlantic City. There, for seven years in the 1980s, Osinski molested a young boy. The first year it happened, the boy was seven …

“After several confusing and turbulent weeks in the Church, it is worth asking where reform efforts stand, and where they will be going.

“These are unpredictable times in the life of the Church, shaped by events with little precedent. But four points seem clear about the months to come …”

By J.D. Flynn, Catholic News Agency — Read more …

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