No lay Catholic would tolerate an abusive priest in the service of the church.

Catholic officials usually send abusive priests to a half-dozen or so treatment centers around the country.

The abusive priests themselves are either dead or out of the ministry now.

For the Catholic men, the problem wasn't just the abusive priests, but also how the church had handled their accusations.

Taking action against abusive priests is especially sensitive for the bishop.

All sexually abusive priests should be removed, whether the cases are in the past or future.

Bishops who have shuffled around abusive priests should be fired.

Across the country, victims began coming forward to tell their stories about abusive priests.

He also said that decisions about abusive priests were motivated by other considerations in addition to the protection of children.

Many of the abusive priests had received counseling before being reassigned.