Remember this, from 2011?
Report indicts '60s counterculture in Catholic abuse casesWell, if you believe that, then you must also believe that those '60s and '70s libertines had a time machine:
Blame the flower children. That seems to be the chief conclusion of a new report about the Roman Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal. The study, undertaken by John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the request of America's Catholic bishops, links the spike in child abuse by priests in the 1960s and '70s to "the importance given to young people and popular culture" -- along with the emergence of the feminist movement, a "singles culture" and a growing acceptance of homosexuality. It also cites crime, drugs, an increase in premarital sexual behavior and divorce....
Audit Finds Sexual Abuse Was Topic Decades AgoMore:
A regional province of the Capuchin religious order that had fought allegations of sexual abuse for decades decided last year to open its files dating to the 19th century to three independent auditors....
The auditors' report, released on Tuesday, found that sexual abuse by friars in the St. Joseph Province of the Capuchin Order was discussed at meetings as far back as 1932, the first year for which minutes of meetings were available....
The report also concludes that since the 1930s, when it says records were first available, the province rarely reported abuse to authorities, spent more money on hiring lawyers than on aid to victims, and routinely moved offenders between positions without divulging complaints against them....And prior to that, according to the report itself (PDF):
Auditors also specifically reviewed the situation at the Milwaukee-area seminary, known as the St. Lawrence Seminary High School, one of the country's last remaining all-male boarding school seminaries....
According to the audit, 28 boys ... were abused or subjected to inappropriate sexual behavior at the seminary by eight friars dating back to 1964.
Summary and Examples of Reports Between 1932 and 1991This happened before Plato's Retreat, before Woodstock, before Stonewall, before Haight-Ashbury, before the Beatles, before the Pill, before Elvis, before whatever the hell it is you typically blame if you're the kind of person who still rails against the sexual revolution. Nobody forced a joint into the mouths of those long-ago Capuchins and forcibly made them so crazy they couldn't control their animal lusts. They were pedophiles, plain and simple, long before pedophilia in the Church made the news, and their behavior was covered up. It wasn't the '60s' fault.
1932 to 1951: Provincial Council minutes reveal that at least 15 friars were reported between 1932 and 1951. At least four reports involved sexual abuse of minors....
1952 to 1956: There are no recorded reports between 1952 and 1955. In 1956, one friar was reported for sexual abuse of minor girls. This friar had been admonished for similar behavior while in formation yet was ordained anyway. He was reported for sexual abuse of minor girls several more times throughout the decade. The reports were made by the minor girls and their parents. Others, including a female police officer parishioner, reported their observations of the friar's inappropriate behavior with girls. He eventually left the order to marry.
1956 to 1960: There are 13 documented reports involving 13 different friars between 1956 and 1960. The documentation contains only summary information of these reports. Some reports were made by minors or others on their behalf, but it is unclear if all of these reports involved minors....
