"The widespread abuse of power has been sustained by the myth that what is good for that small minority, the clergy, is good for the church. The delusion that clergy are somehow above us. The deadliest symptom of the sexual abuse is unbridled addiction to power. The damage done to bodies and souls of the victims and surviving families comes from this.

"We all need to accept the responsibility for our own spiritual growth and not depend on a magical notion of sacraments and priests and bishops who administer them."
Thomas Doyle in a column by Jimmy Breslin