Formerly, priests who committed sex offenses were treated either as sinners or as mentally ill. They were given penance or counseling and then moved to another parish. In the current social climate, media sources frequently report on child sexual abuse by priests who are treated as criminals. At issue, however, is whether punishment and lawsuits to obtain financial compensation for victims actually contribute to the recovery of either the victim or the criminal. The author, a priest himself, offers no clear-cut suggestions on how priest child molesters and their victims should be treated and rehabilitated.