The Blackest of (Holy) Pots

Is this the Roman Catholic heirarchy's attempt at magicians' sleight-of-hand trickery? By launching investigations against others -- particularly those they perceive as weak and vulnerable -- they can divert the spotlight from their own malfeasances? Seems to me that instead of worrying about whether GS learn about 'safe sex', their black-robed ones should use such methods themselves. Or actually practice what they preach. 

Legion of Christ Rocked By More Sex Charges

A prominent American priest in the Legionaries of Christ, a troubled Catholic order whose founder was denounced by the Vatican for sexual improprieties, has admitted having a sexual relationship with a woman and fathering her child.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/tv-priest-admits-sex-charges/story?id=16353960

Finally, Vatican Investigates Legion Of Christ Sex Abuse Allegations

The Legion ... acknowledged that its founder, the Mexican-born Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, abused underage Legion seminary students over the years and fathered at least one child... . Now, the Legion has referred the cases of seven priests accused of abusing minors to the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which investigates sex crimes.
http://articles.courant.com/2012-05-15/news/hc-ed-legion-of-christ-priests-under-vatican-inves-20120515_1_legionaries-father-maciel-abuse-allegations

Vatican Investigating Girl Scouts for Links to Safe-Sex Education Groups

...claim that the Girl Scouts are associating with “questionable” groups that the church believes do not strictly adhere to their tenets. In particular, the Vatican believes that several groups the Girl Scouts endorse, including Médecins Sans Frontières and Oxfam, both of which cater to the poor but also advocate safe sex and condom use to stop the spread of AIDS, might be a bad influence on the impressionable young women. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/15/vatican-investigating-girl-scouts-for-links-to-safe-sex-education-groups.html

Radical feminist nuns’ group ‘stunned’ by Vatican criticisms, reform plan

“It is a serious matter when these Leadership Teams are not providing effective leadership and example to their communities, but place themselves outside the Church’s teaching.”

http://fidelityandaction.wordpress.com/category/vatican-investigates-liberal-nuns/