Jan 28, 2015 1 min read

It was a good cartoon by Tim Hartman on the long shadow cast by the Jerry Sandusky scandal that appeared in the Jan. 20 newspaper.

It immediately reminded me of the Catholic Church. The shadow would be much, much, much longer, with caricatures of the popes whose reigns covered the span of decades of abuses by not only the pedophile priests, but also the heinous cover-ups of these criminal activities by the Catholic hierarchy.

Oh, but we can’t tell the truth about the Catholic Church, which is exactly why the abuses went on for so long. Freedom of speech is discouraged when it applies to unholy religious activities because it offends the Church, as shown by the Charlie Hebdo terrorist incident and the current pope’s comments afterward.

Religious criminal activities are untouchable – but apparently innocent children are not.

Stephanie Sewell

Canonsburg