"Sins of a Father"

I watched "Sins of a Father" yesterday on Anderson Cooper 360. It made me sick to my stomach, and I may have woken people up with my gasps and my Ohmigods. It wasn't a new concept for a story, the whole Catholic priest molesting young boys, but it was a story to which I never paid much attention. When I say that, I mean that the stories were never my focus, and I never paid close attention to them. I knew that it was out there and gross, etc. This was the first time I actually sat down and watched. The story was heart breaking, obviously. This is copied from the transcript of the show:

COOPER: Despite their defeat last year, victims of sexual abuse in Maryland are steadfast in their fight for what they say is justice.

Earlier this month, they shared their painstaking stories with the Senate Judiciary Committee in hopes they'll gain support for a bill that would allow a one-year window for childhood victims of sexual abuse, regardless of their age, to press civil charges against their abusers.

The Catholic Church was also represented, arguing against the bill.

We asked the archdiocese of Baltimore and asked them why. In a statement they said, and I quote, "The bill is fundamentally unfair to defendants to resurrect dead claims from 50 years ago and financially devastates the good work and faithful parishioners of today. This legislation does nothing to protect children, rather it encourages delays in reporting allegations of abuse leaving more children vulnerable."

Now I have expressed some feelings about this story. I want the readers of this blog to know that I find this thing absolutely disgusting and wrong, but on the other hand, I can't help but see the church's arguement against the bill. I'm not saying I agree or disagree, but I can see the point. I can also see the point of the bill. It's awful that it's even an issue.
Another thing that is horrible is what happened to the priest, or I should say what didn't happen to the priest. Let's just say, he's still a priest, and they haven't defrocked him yet. He didn't serve a full sentence in jail (18 months would have been his full sentence). This sentence is from the same court that gave a guy 3 years in jail for an overdue library book.