"''Abbot John (Klassen) has already explicitly said if we had known in 1997 what we now know — and there has been an incredible amount of learning not only in the church but by society about sexual abuse since then — we would have done things differently,'' Skudlarek said. ... Bik was allowed to work at St. John's Preparatory School in Collegeville for five years after he was accused of sexual misconduct. I've read and re-read this paragraph a dozen times, trying to wrap my mind around the huge contradiction in statements made here. I find the logic being used inexcusible, indefensible ... and unfathomable ... "
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