The roots of the clergy sex abuse crisis | National Catholic Reporter

The roots of the clergy sex abuse crisis | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: On the topic of bishops has holy vessels, a read of Garry Wills book, Why Priests? is worthwhile. As for the crisis in hierarchy, it comes from reading the Bible in English. No where does it say that Jesus ordained the disciples as priests, bishops and pope - or that it was a practice in Acts. Indeed, hierarchical bishops are a product of Roman and then Medieval governance. There is no excuse for continuing it. I am not sure Dorotheus wrote about how one reacts when one is afraid of being called out as a fraud, but I suspect that this is the case that applies. The Church will always be saved, but realistically, for that to occur, the hierarchy is toast.