Abuse allegations in Kenya

Just days ago, Bishop Buthi Thlagale of my home diocese, Johannesburg, warned that Africa had not been spared  the problems of abuse troubling the rest of the world - just the publicity and the subsequent public discontent.  Now Kenya is being caught up, too:

As the report notes, there is no evidence that the specific allegations are true.  The issue here, rather is that the  inaction by the church when the accusations were first made, and the apparent lack of concern.

From Associated Press:

Abuse charge against Catholic priest roils Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya — After three young men and a boy told police last June an Italian priest had been sexually molesting them for years at a shelter for poor children, the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in Kenya announced the church would investigate thoroughly.