Silk on Episcopal Accountability

by Michael Sean Winters

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May 28, 2014

Over at RNS, Mark Silk thinks the Holy Father's comments on the presser coming back from the Holy Land indicate that bishops are soon to be held accountable for failing to abide by their own rules governing the handling of sex abuse charges by their clergy. Me thinks Silk is right. 

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