Child abuse tests how the church relates to the secular world | Catherine Pepinster | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Child abuse tests how the church relates to the secular world | Catherine Pepinster | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "And a major reason for that is that we have all bought into the problem: we have accepted the view that priests are different, that they are in an elevated position from the rest of us, that they are somehow holier. And if they are holier, they are above the usual human frailties. Too many of us assumed that priests would not be capable of such actions, that they should be treated specially and differently from anybody else accused of heinous crimes."