Yep, the Country is United on Some Things...

Senator Santorum's remarks about Boston being responsible for the Catholic Church's abuses here got me thinking...where HAS abuse occurred by the Catholic Church?

According to a survey of diocesan files commissioned by the U.S. bishops, allegations of sexual abuse have been made in the last 50 years against 4,392 priests. The number is generally believed to underestimate the problem. Some bishops have released the names of accused priests, but no official list exists of priests who have abused children and vulnerable adults. Below we present the most complete list currently available, culled from media reports and legal documents.

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Iowa Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

That's right, abuse cases appeared in 50 states (and the District of Columbia) Many of the victims could have been spared had the men in the red robes not turn a blind eye to the abuse going on around them or had not moved the sexual predators around to other churches with more unsuspecting families and children as prey.