I am approaching 70 years of age and when I was growing up the priests in our community were highly regarded as doing God's work here on earth. At the time, many young men like myself considered the priesthood.. Things are much different today because of the revelations regarding wide spread child molestation and the Church's efforts to cover up the abuse. This whole affair has discredited the Church making religious life far less attractive to an idealistic person who wants to serve God. If the Church continues to handle accusations in an aggressively defensive manner that does not seek the truth things will only get worse.......................