re: Mea Mega Culpa, HBO Documentary on Catholic Church pedo scandal

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There is no way that the church didn't know in detail what was going on decades ago.

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They had interviews with former Benedictine monks whose job it was to be a "fixer" and go into parishes where an abusive priest was recently removed, play like he was the pastoral replacement to the congregation, and effect settlements and confidentiality agreements from the abused and their families. Once the job was done, he would go to the next parish that needed a "fixer" and rinse and repeat. Shrewd business on the Church's part, but you just would expect more than naked self-preservation from an institution that claims to be the sole representation of the one true divinity on the whole planet.