First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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> Rev. Robert Prevost bears responsibility for allowing former Providence Catholic H.S. President and priest Richard McGrath to stay at the high school amidst sex abuse allegations that dated back to the 1990s.

> That's according to Eduardo Lopez de Casas, a clergy abuse survivor and national vice president of the Chicago-based Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).

[0]: https://willcountygazette.com/stories/671124585-if-he-saw-an...

Seeing as he's now head of a religion that believes none of us is perfect (Romans 3:23) it's unsurprising to think someone may allege that he is not perfect.

bad faith response.

No one, from any religion, should directly or indirectly support crimes against minors. If people really cared about kids, we would protect them from sexual abuse from priests and prosecute priests via the legal system.

> If people really cared about kids, we would... prosecute priests via the legal system.

Prevost has literally said to alleged victims that they should go to the police.

So he "literally" said he won't do anything about it until children can muster the courage and resources to prove in court they were abused.

This is "why didn't she go to the police" for children. The police are not to be trusted, certainly not to against the Catholic Church.

Then who should investigate? The church cannot do anything to anyone they investigate other than 'order' them to remain in a monastery (which, they can leave at anytime since this is a free country and church rules are not law).

I believe the church can also do these two things: if a person is a priest, remove their priesthood, and if civilian, excomunicate them.

Not to mention saying things like "we disapprove of this behavior".

Overall, I think your claim that the church cannot do anything except the one thing you named is obviously false. There are in fact many things the church can do. Otherwise nobody would give a damn who is Pope. Just a guy who can not do anything.

> if a person is a priest, remove their priesthood, and if civilian, excomunicate them.

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of catholic doctrine. One cannot have their priesthood 'removed'. However, they can be banned from the public performance of it, which is usually the punishment doled out.

As for excommunication... excommunication is removeable via confession, which is freely given.

> excommunication is removeable via confession, which is freely given.

Lifting an excommunication has a higher bar than just absolution of sins in confession. It requires permission of the local ordinary (usually the diocesan bishop), and for excommunications for especially bad things like desecrating the Eucharist or violating the seal of confession, it requires permission of the Apostolic See.