The BBC's David Willey in Rome says the Vatican rarely comments on sexualscandal involving priests and the prompt admission of this priest's suspension is unusual.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has allegedly joined an ignominious but not so uncommon fraternity--that of political leaders and business executives marred by sexualscandal.
In the Catholic Church, perhaps the worst of the sexualscandal reported outside of the Irish fiasco took place within the secretive, almost cult-like, Legion of Christ.