The catholic church gets raided.
http://bishopaccountability.org/Monitor ... 2012_01_20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;January 20, 2012
Operation Chalice
In an unprecedented move this week, federal prosecutors in Belgium sent search teams into the headquarters of all eight of the country's dioceses. On Monday, detectives confiscated files from the offices of the archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussel and the dioceses of Antwerp and Hasselt; on Tuesday, from the dioceses of Bruges and Ghent and the office of a religious order; and on Wednesday, from the dioceses of Liège, Namur, and Tournai.
This is the first time that an entire nation's Catholic hierarchy has been investigated by civil authorities. Part of an extensive investigation called "Operation Chalice," this week's sweep generated more than 50 priest personnel files. Prosecutors will examine them for evidence that church officials culpably mismanaged abusive clergy.
Prosecutors are particularly interested in abusers supervised by former Bruges bishop Roger Vangheluwe, who resigned in April 2010 after admitting to molesting his nephew for years. Belgian church officials subsequently acknowledged complaints from hundreds of victims, including 13 who committed suicide.
Secular morality is superior.
