Another option could have been for the Government to try to place all responsibility for payment on the religious orders, effectively bankrupting them. Some believe this would represent a just reward for the religious and there were loud calls for the religious to pay more, thus bleeding them dry. Such people forget the simple fact that the State was complicit in the abuse and largely responsible for not preventing it. The State entrusted vulnerable children into the care of religious orders and closed its eyes to what was happening. In many cases, the State knew of the abuse and neglected to do anything. It failed in its duty. The State was guilty.