What I’m confused about is why there has been virtually no mention of this scandal in the context of recent reporting about Pope Francis’ proclamation about homosexual priests.

Instead, there has been jubilation.

It was front-page news everywhere.

Yet, I am hard-pressed to find even one mention in any of these reports of the massive scandal that cost the church prestige, moral standing and hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits.

Just to refresh your memory, while talking to the press aboard his plane returning to the Vatican from his visit to Brazil Monday, the pope was asked what he thought about “gay” priests who aren’t sexually active. His response: “Who am I to judge a gay person of goodwill who seeks the Lord? You can’t marginalize these people.”

While it was a somewhat ambiguous question and a more ambiguous answer, what’s most troubling to me is the complete silence of the press on the matter of the molestations. By definition, only homosexual priests would even be inclined to molest boys.