Sexual Abuse in the Church

Check out this newspaper article from the Boston Globe, which details the scandal involving a Rev. Joseph E. Birmingham in Boston, 1964. I've copied the first two paragraphs below.

"The departure was sudden, but if parishioners asked what had become of their parish priest, church officials had a tidy explanation ready: The Rev. Joseph E. Birmingham had been "working too hard" and "needed a rest," according to a three-page, handwritten Nov. 4, 1964, memo by a high-ranking Chancery official.

In fact, Birmingham had been hastily transferred from Our Lady of Fatima Church in Sudbury to St. James Church in Salem after two fathers and their sons reported the young priest had repeatedly fondled the boys."

Although it is in question, this priest's situation is similar to Flynn's- switching churches to cover something up, perhaps.