Those who don't believe that religious entities like the Catholic Church aren't political should be disabused of that notion with the release of a study attempting to find out why priests abuse children.The $1.8 million study is supposed to be the definitive response of the US Catholic bishops to the epidemic of child abuse cases that have nearly destroyed the Catholic church in America. The fact that it will satisfy no one is the whole point of the exercise. They aimed for a report that was right down the middle and they got it.No blame goes to the celibacy of the priesthood. No blame goes to the increase in gay priests. Instead, the blame is placed on society and lax sexual mores that became predominant in the 1960's and 70's.The New York Times: The report says, the abuse occurred because priests who were poorly prepared and monitored, and were under stress, landed amid the social and sexual turmoil of the 1960s and '70s.Known occurrences of sexual abuse of minors by priests rose...(Read Full Post)