HBO has a new documentary on the priest sex abuse epidemic:
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No outside force has been able to do as much damage to the Church as the hierarchy itself. Because of this scandal and coverup, the Church has lost almost any shred of moral authority. The thing is, though, that I feel like after the first round of charges coming to light in the late 80s and early 90s, I just assumed that there were priests working in the Church who had abused children. I remember being puzzled that so many people were shocked when the new scandal broke in Boston in 2002. The thing is, the unveiling of so much prior coverup accelerated a secularization which was almost inevitable to begin with. I don't think this massing of forces will ever let the Church recover. There is just no way to rebuild the trust.
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