One of the most riveting and eye-opening issues that has shocked the nation and subsequently the world over the past few months have been the sex scandals that rock the world of priests. Not to say that this is a new problem and everyone is eating up the juicy details, but there is recognition, through past accusations and the dates of when the accusations that are being presented currently, that this has been an ongoing problem for years. The reason that this is gaining so much attention recently is the fact that victims are refusing to keep quiet and want to publicize the wrongdoing of their pastors and allow the world to see that the Catholic Church cannot continue to allow scandals to be covered up.
             The Catholic Church is one of the premier organizations that for centuries have placed themselves on such a high pedestal that a blow, such as these allegations of sex scandal, has dented their pristine image (although one questions just how pristine that image is). In collecting the NUMEROUS articles that have come out in the past few months, each one attempts to further explore the 'behind-the-scenes' action of the Catholic Church.
             Although, it cannot be looked past that the number one problem is the fact that these scandals took place. Instead, the issues at hand remains to be the Catholic Church's attempt to cover-up the scandals and refusal to admit that the priests have problems. Instead, they have used 'every excuse in the book' to take the blame off themselves and place it on another group, possibly in hopes of fixing their image.
             It is no big surprise that the Catholic Church is not a democracy. Word comes from 'higher-ups' and makes it way down the line. When a lowly priest commits an act, his punishment is taken from someone who is six or seven higher steps of authority above him. This idea has been evident in Boston, where the majority of the scandal lays (for now)....