In a week when the scandal of clerical abuse of young people is again in the headlines, it's particularly important to invoke the prayers of St John Bosco, patron of youth, whom the Church remembers today. And it's especially important for people like me, who raised some hackles this week by calling for more accountability on the part of bishops who enabled and perpetuated the scandal, to acknowledge the Church's much longer and larger legacy of ransoming children from abuse and caring for them … [Read more...]