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The Catholic Church would not be able to function as a criminal enterprise without the financial contributions of its members. Unless Catholic parishioners restricted their contributions to the local poor, their largesse was at least partly going toward underwriting the activities of pedophile priests and cover-ups through the Catholic bureaucracies in Washington, D.C. and Rome. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a Catholic, should be asked about this growing scandal during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Has he been implicated in the scandal through his donations to the church?

This is a question that every Catholic, not just Kavanaugh, should ask and answer.

But as a former altar boy who is the father of two young daughters and mentored Catholic youth, what did Kavanaugh know and do about the sexual abuse of minors within his church?  Did he volunteer as a lawyer to seek justice for the innocent young ones who were abused and had their lives destroyed by predator priests? That’s called pro bono work in the legal profession. If he did, he should tell the Senate about these cases.

Or did he defer to the church officials orchestrating the cover-ups?

Groups such as Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and Ending Clergy Abuse should be heard before another politically-connected Catholic is confirmed to the Supreme Court.