That’s the problem and I blame the government as well, if a priest commits such a crime or sexual abuse, He is under the law and the law should deal with the Priest and not the Catholic Church. The Church only has jurisdiction in the Vatican and not the rest of the world.
The problem with the Church is that they usually attempt to deal with these sorts of events internally, as they will typically settle with people (civilly) for a good deal of money to simply hush up. People don't seem to understand that this hush money really doesn't hold up against criminal charges -- or people take too long to even report these acts.
Plus, it's a VERY VERY VERY VERY tough thing to prove -- be it a month after the incident, or about 30 years after the incident. Unless there's some sort of genital fluids left that could be recovered -- and shown to be forceful -- then we're in a situation where it's a person vs person on who's lying and who's not, and that isn't something that Attorney Generals / District Attorneys, want to try to fight (and most likely lose) in court.
