text: No -  any Catholic will agree that a priest who abuses children should be removed from his position, stripped of his rights as a priest and be subject to the criminal law. Fortunately, the clerical abuse of children is not as prevalent as abortion and it is not considered acceptable or legal. Excommunication for abortion, for men and women who participate in it or facilitate it, was established to underline its sinfulness in the face of its prevalence, normalisation and acceptance.