New Zealand has put together a Royal Commission into Abuse in Care in order to investigate why young people (and vulnerable adults) are subject to abuse in schools and churches. Like we saw in Australia, the goal is create a tangible path forward so that victims of abuse get the help they need and other people are never put in that situation.

This week, a witness said something about the Catholic Church that’s obvious yet surprising.

On Tuesday, Dr. Tom Doyle, an ordained priest who has long been critical of the Catholic Church’s handling of the child sex abuse scandal, told the Commission that the blame for the abuse lay not with the priests themselves but with the Church’s structure.