Yet another protected Catholic pedophile priest

This time, in Alaska:

"Alaska Natives are accusing the Catholic Church of using their remote villages as a dumping ground' for child-molesting priests—and blaming the president of Seattle University for letting it happen.

"According to the allegations, Father Joseph Lundowski molested or raped James Does 29, 59–71, and 73–94, plus Janet Does 4–7—a total of 40 children—giving them 'hard candy, money he stole from the collection plate, cooked food, baked goods, beer, sacramental wine, brandy, and/or better grades (silver, blue, or gold stars) on their catechism assignments in exchange for sexual favors.'"

I needn't go on here, about this. If you want more information and to read more of the story, go to the link at the bottom of this post.

My points here, now, are the same as I always post:

--The Catholic Church needs to own up to its wrong doings;

--It needs to explore what happened, where and to whom;

--It needs to see if anyone is guilty of any laws;

--If anyone is guilty of these laws, they should be put up for possible trial;

--They need to see if anyone in the church is guilty of cover up;

--Catholics themselves need to demand response and responsibility from the church leaders--priests, bishops, cardinals, even up to and including the pope himself--to respond to these problems;

--They need to make clear that covering up any abuses in the future will not be tolerated;

--Finally, the Catholic Church needs to put structures into place so that any abuses do get reported so they don't happen again.

A "hat tip" to America Blog (Americablog.com) for today's post, bringing this to my attention.

Link to original post: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-pedophiles-paradise/Content?oid=1065017