Abuse Scandal Not Exclusive to Catholic Church, Asserts Mexican Lawyer

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Mexico City, Mexico, Apr 12, 2010 / 02:04 pm (CNA).- The president of the College of Catholic Lawyers in Mexico, Armando Martinez, addressed the Mexican Bishops’ Conference last week and said they should “follow the example of Cardinal Norberto Rivera of Mexico City by issuing a “blunt statement” on cases of pedophilia. Martinez emphasized that these cases are not exclusive to the Catholic Church and only involve a very small number of her members.

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Of course sexual abuse is not exclusive to the Catholic Church. No one ever suggested that it was. There isn’t a week that passes in this country without an Amber alert for a missing child, believed to be the victim of a sex predator who is NOT assumed to be a priest. What is unusual in the Church’s case is the number of high ranking NON predators who enabled predators to abuse more victims.
 
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