Stories like this are so sad.  So much of this could have been prevented, if only... 

 So few members of the community, but one wonders what could have been, if only...

So many victims: people who had to suppress their secrets for decades, who once the full story came out, finally opened up.  One wonders what might have been, if only...


This is not a time for joy.  Nor a time for gloating, recrimination, etc.  but maybe, just maybe, it's time to learn a lesson: time to recognize the power of accountability, and the cancerous nature of a lack of accountability.  Maybe it's time for the bishops to choose accountability...


If only...