>>692849
>rampant sexual abuse from priests.
Clerical abuse cliffed in the mid 80s, and cliffed again after the post-2002 reforms.
This scandal isnt about whether priests are currently raping kids (they arent); its about how people who are still in power covered it up when it was happening back in the 70s.
>Are there background checks?
Yes…and mandatory 2-deep policies for anything involving children.
>Cant anything be done been a recurring scandal, under multiple popes for years.
Purge the lavender mafia.