This is such a travesty of justice that it beggars words sufficient for description. Untold numbers of children cried out in prayer, some perhaps even to Pope John Paul II, hoping for some sort of companionship, even if only spiritual, to ease the sense of shame and self-loathing experienced by those who were abused by Jekyll and Hyde priests. Instead of comfort, they got the nothingness of busted dreams; no god to comfort them, no friend to confide in.

I feel nothing but hatred for a church that seems even at this late date to be entirely unaware of the catastrophic effect of its policy of relying on canon law in dealing with common criminals dressed as holy men.