Day in Court Foregone 0
Back in Philly, an official of the Catholic Arch-Diocese of Philadelphia is on trial for covering up priestly abuse of children. The trial is happening because, unlike most of the other cases that have come out, this one was still within the Statute of Limitations.
Since I follow Philly news, having lived in that part of the world for three decades, I cannot escape news stories of this case. Here’s today’s Monica Yant Kinney column.
The more I read, the more I am convinced that, if this case did not involve a 2,000 year old religious institution with scads of dollars, a claim to be on a mission from God, and lots of fancy duds for its officials, this trial would have been superseded by a Federal RICO prosecution.
