This month, the news media believe they are in the thick of a similar child abuse crisis.
"So what the church is doing is repeating, in a weird way, the conditions they had before that gave rise to the abuse crisis."
He also has had the unfortunate distinction of being touched by the sexual abuse crisis in the church.
Now we have a pope who has direct information from three ordinary people about the gravity of the sexual abuse crisis.
Nothing less is at stake in the torture abuse crisis than the soul of our nation.
He also had to deal with the sexual abuse crisis that has rocked the church in recent times.
In September 2002, at the height of the sexual abuse crisis, the archdiocese took out a $38 million mortgage on the entire 60 acres.
The parish has been unfortunately been touched by the sexual abuse crisis.
Many of the recommendations were eventually adopted after the 2002 sexual abuse crisis erupted.
He is the third bishop to step down this year in face of such accusations in the sexual abuse crisis.