By Gerard V. Bradley, EWTN News - The federal government took the first step of its own nationwide abuse inquiry by notice to the national Catholic bishops’ conference. Abuse victims recently sued the Vatican — on racketeering charges — for its alleged role in a conspiracy to victimize our nation’s children... This burst of activity indicates that there may be energy enough to finally confront our national epidemic of child sexual abuse. Unfortunately, as things now stand, that energy is misdirected: All of the law enforcement initiatives listed above are, as was the Pennsylvania investigation, limited to misconduct within the Catholic Church.