Portraits of Clergy Sex Abuse

A photo essay by Nina Berman at AlterNet, November 1, 2007, with her accompanying interview of David Clohessy, national director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP). I don't agree with all his policy prescriptions, extending statutes of limitations for example, but he has pegged a symptom.

No bishop takes fewer vacations, eats fewer restaurant meals, does his own laundry, or risks losing his prestigious job because of the ongoing clergy sex abuse and cover-up scandal.

That alone would constitute moral hazard. It's a step beyond when the U.S. Bishops regard diocesan bankruptcy as a plus.