What Do The Laity And Airline Passengers Have In Common?
More than you may think

Warning! Harsh Language Alert!
Here's some of the article from BishopAccountability.org;
Irish Priests Who Have Worked in the United States and Are Accused of Sexual Misconduct

The Catholic sexual abuse crises in the United States and Ireland are deeply connected. Priests who were trained in the Irish seminary system were crucial to the growth of the U.S. church. Many Irish-born priests, including one bishop, are sadly among the priests accused of abuse in the United States. Some priests who offended in Ireland were transferred to the United States, and priests accused of abuse in the United States have sometimes found shelter in Ireland.And here's my posting of Nov 25, 2005;
Bishop Of Dublin Defies Rome On Sodomites, Still Kicks Seminarians Out.And lastly, from The Dallas Morning News - June 12, 2002;
Roughly two-thirds of top U.S. Catholic leaders have allowed priests accused of sexual abuse to keep working, a systematic practice that spans decades and continues today, a three-month Dallas Morning News review shows. The study - the first of its kind - looked at the records of the top leaders of the nation’s 178 mainstream Roman Catholic dioceses, including acting administrators in cases where the top job is vacant.