Anger in the wake of Sen. Rick Santorum's comments

Today RNS reports on the fallout over comments made by Sen. Rick Santorum regarding the Catholic Church's clergy sex abuse scandal.

"Angry sex abuse victims and Democrats have demanded that U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum apologize for “insensitive” and “self-serving” remarks that blamed Boston's liberal cultural, political and academic institutions for causing the Catholic Church's clergy sex abuse scandal.

The firestorm ignited on Wednesday (July 13), the same day that a new poll showed that Santorum, R-Pa., continues to trail state Treasurer Robert P. Casey Jr. by 11 percentage points in the 2006 U.S. Senate election. The issue could further hurt Santorum's standing in a campaign where he and Casey, both anti-abortion Catholics, will be courting the Catholic vote. "