How our top officials helped the Church make a fool of us all

THE following scenario is unimaginable, isn’t it? A religious brother, now in his 70s, is arrested and charged with a series of horrible crimes.

They include both physical and sexual abuse of the children in his care, who ranged in age from ten to 14.

The crimes with which he is charged cover a period of ten years in the late 1950s. Over 12 days in the criminal courts, grown men break down in tears at the sight of their abuser.