Springfield’s Catholic bishop says the latest sex scandal affecting the church is a direct result of the sexual revolution in the secular world.

In a message to the local faithful, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki links new national allegations of sexual misconduct by clergy with children and adults to the fact that many Catholics reject the church’s teachings on the sinfulness of contraception and homosexuality.

Paprocki says the most important way to deal with the sex scandals in the Church is a “spiritual renewal” by Catholics to take seriously the Church’s views on chastity and morality.