George Packer (author of "The Assassin's Gate") will publish in the forthcoming New Yorker an article cataloging how those in the Bush administration escape being accountable for virtually anything. In addition to his current focus on George Tenet, he cites A. Gonzales, D. Rumsfield, P. Wolfowitz, C. Rice, R. Cheney, top generals as examples of a consistent pattern of people avoiding accountability (and often being rewarded for their performance).
Accountability for the extent of the clergy sex abuse has not occurred. If the bishops had complied with Canon Law, far less than civil and criminal law, the extent of the abuse would have been significantly lessened and, most likely, many incidence would not have occurred due to known consequences of such behavior.
Without examples of people in high positions assuming accountability for their actions that negatively impact the general public, it is hard to understand how young people will learn the necessity of being accountability for their behavior.
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