"Deviant sexual assault has accomplished what liturgical abuse never could: it has generated secular media pressure and secular legal constraints so overwhelming that the apparat was forced to make its files public." Fr. Paul Mankowski was a Jesuit of the Midwest province and a former contributor to CatholicCulture.org. For years, he spearheaded CatholicCulture.org's old "Off the Record" column, writing under the pseudonym of Diogenes. A brilliant priest who worked tirelessly for Catholic renewal, Fr. Mankowski was unfortunately stymied by his superiors.

"What Went Wrong?", a 2003 address to the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, first appeared in written form on CatholicCulture.org; in it, Fr. Mankowski traces an excellent analysis of how the Catholic clerical sexual abuse crisis came about.

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Full text at CatholicCulture.org: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=5915

Phil Lawler Tribute to Fr. Mankowski: https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/farewell-uncle-di-father-paul-mankowski-rip/

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