In one of the most damning admissions to date by the Church of England, the head of the church admitted they "colluded" with and helped to hide the long-term sexual abuse of children and young men.
On Thursday, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologized to the victims who spoke out and helped bring their attacker to justice. However, according to the report on how the church handled the case, as well as the slap on the wrist ex-bishop Peter Ball received for decades of abuse, 'justice' is a loosely thrown around term.
According to the AP, Welby ordered the report after Ball was convicted and imprisoned in 2015 for misconduct in public office and indecent assaults against teenagers and young men over a period of 20 years.
Comment: US society is failing its boys and young men. Masculinity is held as a caricature of hipster metro-sexual lumberjacks at best or is vilified as the root of social evils at worst. Instead of finding meaning in the world through seeking responsibilities, boys are being conditioned to accept that they have little value to offer the world. They're being left behind in education and are underdeveloped in social relationships. The blurring of the lines between masculinity and femininity does not bode well for the whole of society.