Religion

It's nothing new, either. Sex-offending pastors have been shifted around to other churches since forever. I remember when it happened at my small-town church back in the early 1960s. Caught in the act, our "youth pastor" was gone the next day, only to turn up doing the same job at another church less than 100 miles away.

That church was informed of his offense, and fired him. He moved on a couple hundred miles more and continued youth-pastoring and preying on vulnerable teen girls. I lost track after that.

I'm not exactly sure why this happens so often. It's possible that a "sincere confession and penitence" was good enough for some to "forgive and forget."

The victims? Well, it was probably their fault for "tempting" the youth pastor.