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PDF versionVatican abuse summit: 'Bishops must be held accountable'
by John L Allen Jr on Feb. 08, 2012
ROME -- To all those critics who have clamored for greater accountability for Catholic bishops who drop the ball on sex abuse cases, the Vatican’s top prosecutor this morning had a simple message: You’re absolutely right.
“We need to be vigilant in choosing candidates for the important role of bishop, and we also need to use the tools that canonical law and tradition give us for the accountability of bishops,” said Maltese Monsignor Charles Scicluna.
As a case in point, Scicluna bluntly said it is simply “not acceptable” for bishops to ignore anti-abuse protocols established by the Vatican or by their bishops’ conference. He said the church in Ireland, to take one example, “has paid a very high price for the mistakes of some of its shepherds.”
Sciculuna was apparently referring, at least in part, to a damning 2011 government report on the Irish diocese of Cloyne, which found that both civil laws and church procedures on handling sex abuse complaints were flouted as recently as 2009.
“When set standards are not followed, this is unacceptable,” he said.
Scicluna said there are actually already provisions in church law to sanction bishops for “negligence and malice in exercising one’s duties,” suggesting this provision should be more strenuously applied. (He appeared to be referring to canon 128 of the Code of Canon Law, which reads: “Whoever illegitimately inflicts damage upon someone by a juridic act or by any other act placed with malice or negligence is obliged to repair the damage inflicted.”)
Scicluna also noted that when canon law specifies penalties that can be imposed on “clergy,” that includes bishops as well as priests and deacons – although, he said, the fact it applies to bishops too is sometimes “ignored.”
“Ecclesial accountability has to be further developed,” he said. “I agree with you on that.”
Scicluna made the remarks to reporters as part of a four-day symposium on the sexual abuse crisis titled “Towards Healing and Renewal”, which is being held at Rome’s Jesuit-run Gregorian University. It brings together roughly 100 bishops and religious superiors from around the world, in tandem with child protection experts.
Scicluna serves as the Promoter of Justice in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a position he first took up under then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, today Pope Benedict XVI. In effect, that makes Scicluna the Vatican’s “D.A.” on sex abuse cases; among other things, he was responsible for the investigation of the late Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, which led to a 2006 edict restricting Maciel to a life of “prayer and penance.”
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Pressed this morning to expand on the theme of accountability for bishops, Scicluna pulled few punches. Without "redefining the church, which will always be hierarchical," he said, it's equally clear that power must be wedded to accountability.
“Bishops are accountable to the Lord, but also to their people,” Scicluna said during this morning’s session with the media. “They owe their people good stewardship.”
Noting that church law reserves the power to impose sanctions on a bishop to the pope, Sciculna appeared to suggest that the papal nuncio, or ambassador, in various countries could play a greater role in prompting the pope to act.
“The nuncio to a country represents the concerns of the Holy Father to that local church, but he also has the duty to listen to the people in order to convey the concerns of the local church to the Holy Father,” Scicluna said.
Scicluna rejected suggestions that church law as it presently stands does not have adequate accountability mechanisms for bishops.
“It’s not a question of changing laws, but of applying what we have,” he said.
He added that more vigorous enforcement of the law should make it clear that, “There is behavior that is not compatible with being a good shepherd.”
Scicluna likewise insisted that bishops have a “moral, if not legal” responsibility to consult with experts in making decisions such as responding appropriately to sexual abuse complaints.
He noted that his boss at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, American Cardinal William Levada, had already warned of an “exclusively canon law” approach to the problem of abuse, and Scicluna said he would add the danger of an “exclusively hierarchical response.”
“The hierarchy has to listen to the experts,” he said. For instance, Scicluna said, “we need the input of psychologists to help us.”
Finally! A responsible adult
Finally! A responsible adult speaks.
CANON LAW WILL FAIL .....
CANON LAW WILL FAIL ..... John, the curia knows popes make and break canon laws at will. For Vatican officials to say that accountability is needed, after decades of papal cover-ups with no accountability, cannot be taken seriously anymore.
The pope and his co-conspirators must answer to the international criminal law process. Hopefully, they are preserving their secret files. Any attempt to destroy or hide these files will only be taken in a criminal court as an admission of guilt and and a separate crime of destruction of evidence. If they are only doing God's work as they claim, they have nothing to fear from an independent investigation.
This orchestrated conference fools only those Catholics who are incapable or unwilling to face reality. Fortunately, when presented with overwhelming evidence, most Catholics are not fools.
How about some REAL changes
How about some REAL changes in Church policy?
1. The 'Essential Norms' should change their canon law standard for evaluating priests accused of molestation from 'Moral Certitude' to a a more appropriate and much much lower standard.
2. Any hierarchical official who was complicit in passing on predators should be fired immediately, and preferably handed over to appropriate criminal prosecutors.
3. Any report of abuse should be immediately referred to law enforcement, social services agencies, by the diocese.
4.Diocesan review boards, which have more holes than Swiss cheese, should be eliminated. Civil and criminal systems can far more honestly make those determinations.
5. In the US, the bishops lobbying arms, the State Catholic Conferences should be heavily penalized for attempts to limit mandatory clergy molestation requirements, child endangerment laws, and similar legislation.
Some accommodation for countries where civil and criminal laws are problematical, should be made, preferably by an international body with no connection to a most untrustworthy Church
If "Coverup Cardinals" were
If "Coverup Cardinals" were fired, exactly how many do you think will be left standing? One? Two? or Three? I'm not talking about just in the United States, but all over the world! Then, one would need to ask, "Who was the numbskull, who ordained them or anointed them to be cardinals?" Surely, whoever it was, could not be legitimately called a "Spiritual Successor of St. Peter!" Remember, we are not just talking about one or two Cardinals, who orchestrated coverups now, are we? Over the centuries, we're talking about "legions" of them! After closely examining the problem, an intelligent person would need to admit that the Clerical Culture from the top on down is corrupt! Maybe the actual "People of God," could do a better job running the Church without them!
What is the true number of
What is the true number of child victims? Has this garbage been happening since day 1? Why do they only protect the guilty? Is anyone in leadership position actually pious or even moral? Is the church's brand so tarnished that no young family will stay? I give up.
the Vatican’s top prosecutor
the Vatican’s top prosecutor this morning had a simple message: You’re absolutely right. “We need to be vigilant in choosing candidates for the important role of bishop, and we also need to use the tools that canonical law and tradition give us for the accountability of bishops,” said Maltese Monsignor Charles Scicluna.
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WRONG! Monsigor Scicluna. Canon law has failed because the Church has failed. It must be scrapped and with it the selection process for all levels of Church governance.
It is the People of God who must select the bishops and not Vatican flunkies.
Rome still doesn't get it.
Why is Cardinal Levada
Why is Cardinal Levada presiding over the conference? His credentials in this respect are not good.
Cardinal 'did not act' over abuse
By Gillian Flaccus, AP
Friday, 30 April 2010
The pope's hand-picked replacement to oversee abuse cases at the Vatican did nothing to restrict a California priest after learning in 1995 that the priest had molested a 13-year-old boy a decade earlier.
Cardinal William Levada, then Archbishop of San Francisco, said in a 2005 deposition obtained by the Associated Press that he did nothing and didn't contact police because he trusted the Rev Milton Walsh would not reoffend and his predecessor handled the case adequately.
There were no known allegations of later abuse by the priest and a Vatican attorney says Dr Levada acted appropriately under standards of the time.
When Dr Levada learned of the abuse, Walsh had been pastor for six years at St Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco. He remained there for two more years and was removed from active ministry in 2002, when US bishops passed a "zero tolerance" policy on sex abuse.
Dr Levada is now the highest-ranking American at the Vatican and head of the office that defrocks paedophile priests. Cardinal Ratzinger held the post before becoming Pope.
The Vatican's lawyer, Jeffrey Lena, said: "One thing the law teaches: it is fundamentally unfair to apply standards of conduct retroactively."
Dr Levada's critics call it an example of his disregard for abused children. "He never reached out in this clear-cut case. That's typical of Levada and perhaps why he's in the position he's in," said Diane Josephs, the attorney for Walsh's victim, Jay Seaman.
It's the eternal "Peter
It's the eternal "Peter principle" at work: Levada rose to the highest level of his incompetence, then he was promoted.
"Peter Principle?" Jim,
"Peter Principle?" Jim, we're showing our age! It was almost required reading when I was in college, during the Viet Nam War! I have referred to it many times in conversation and in writing about the Priest Pedophilia Scandal, and most younger people have never heard of it. The book is funnier than anything that younger people would see on "Saturday Night Live," and it is appropriate reading at any age! Let's try to get it resurrected!
"To all those critics who
"To all those critics who have clamored for greater accountability for Catholic bishops who drop the ball on sex abuse cases, the Vatican’s top prosecutor this morning had a simple message: You’re absolutely right. . . . “It’s not a question of changing laws, but of applying what we have,” he said."
Being right is cold comfort, if that top prosecutor is incapable of getting the Vatican to apply the laws that are already in place.
"Scicluna also noted that when canon law specifies penalties that can be imposed on “clergy,” that includes bishops as well as priests and deacons – although, he said, the fact it applies to bishops too is sometimes “ignored.”"
Implicitly, he is indicting the pope for failing to do what is only in his power to do: sanctioning bishops for their negligence in oversight and/or complicity in coverup.
Management of the global
Management of the global abuse crisis in the Church, is I suspect, impossible, with a 'Holy Office" staffed with under a hundred folks.
Consider these rough numbers:
With 4946 bishops worldwide in 2167 dioceses,
and 630 archdioceses to say nothing of other rites,
and over 39,000 priests it could be argued that the church management
of the sexual abuse problem worldwide and the implementation of not just optional
but required programs is virtually impossible.
If the bishops had obeyed the
If the bishops had obeyed the Canon Law in place at the time they began receiving complaints about sexual predators, the Church would not be in its present state.
None have been held accountable for their moral failures to act, to protect children, to discipline priests. None have been held criminally responsible for their failures to report known or suspected crimes be it the sexual abuse of children or the possession and/or distribution of pornography.
NOT YET.
However, that's another story and as Terence McKiernan said in the Times this morning, "The Vatican is afraid, and it has reason to be."
I'm waiting for some press coverage on priests, diocesan or order, or brothers or any males at all, testifying to their own sexual abuse in the minor seminary,in grade school or high school.
So far one victim has addressed the symposium in Rome - a woman - Marie Collins. Although I would never have recommended that she put herself in the position of being exploited by the hierarchy in this way, I admire her courage. I hope she is not disappointed with the results of "Toward Healing and Renewal."
I am reminded of another Public Relations event, one that was held in Philadelphia within the year following the release of the horrific 2005 Grand Jury Report on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
It was called "Witness to the Sorrow," or "Witness to the Sorrowing." It was streamed live by the archdiocese's website from beginning to end. It was a very well orchestrated media event; essential meaningless as the 2011 Grand Jury Report on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia would later point out.
Why? Because it accomplished nothing. Nothing changed. Business went on as usual. The cover-up went on as usual. The hardball courtroom tactics in federal court went on as usual and as they go on now in criminal court in preparation for Msgr. William Lynn's trail which begins in March.
It accomplished nothing.
Oh, yes, there were victims of clergy sexual abuse or their relatives who spoke. It was very telling that they were all victims of priests belonging to religious orders. None were victims of archdiocesan priests, sexual predators belonging to the archdiocese. Other victims, along with their family and advocates, were barred from attending the event held at St. Charles Seminary. Truly a media event all around.
Speaking of media events, to get back to the "Toward Healing and Renewal" symposium perhaps John Allen could tell us whether Dublin's Archbishop Martin is in attendence?
Is Martin going to address the assembled group of bishops?
How about Australia's Bishop Geoffrey Robinson who "handled" this church problem down under for so many years?
How about Richard Sipe whose studies have revealed so much?
And how about the Reverend Thomas Doyle,OP who with others in 1985 tried to stir the American bishops out of their lethargy? Is he there? Is he speaking?
Will any of them speak?
Or are their voices to be found where those who have the courage to speak out are usually found -
CRYING OUT IN THE WILDERNESS.
Sister Maureen Paul Turlish
Advocate for Victims & Legislative Reform
maturlishmdsnd@yahoo.com
Sister Maureen, Eugene
Sister Maureen,
Eugene Kennedy has pointed out one of the major reasons that Bishops acted as enablers for abusive priests. He states that since Richard Sipe's research shows that around 90% of priests break their vow of celibacy and since only about 50% of priests are celibate at one time, the Bishops are fearful that their own inability to keep this vow, their own hypocrisy will be pointed out. Eugene Kennedy further points out that celibacy is a very unnatural state it pits the perfect control of mind over emotions and body. Since no finite being can be perfect particularly when it comes to the male sex drive, surprise, surprise we falter. A big factor that the Church continues to deny is the role that a life time pledge to the deprivation of celibacy causes. In many it students all sorts of creativity that are guilty because they can not maintain the asexuality of celibacy. Needles energy is placed into the worry of failure. Erotic thoughts are part of every man and woman. When channelled properly they can be very creative both of new humans but also of good works, however in those who feel guilty of mortal sin they are channeled into perversions such as sexual abuse or in the case of Joseph Ratzinger the censor of so many (over 100) of our greatest theologians. He used his "holy office of Inquisition to murder the minds and great ideas that were surly the work of the Holy Spirit. Just think of what the Institutional church is missing in works today because of the murder of these ideas!!
It is the Authoritarian Institution itself that is sick. The leadership is not about to change their cushy comfortable positions and it is up to all the People of God not to go along with the Episcopacy but to do every thing possible to force change. Our authoritarian leadership are anti-theology, anti-science, anti women and they can not figure out what to do with their own closet homosexuality. AS They pretend to be asexual beings, they only promote their own lack of integrity and loss of respect by the People of God. They have forgotten to follow The Way of Christ but instead are following the way of their own authoritarian institution. They pretend to be omniscient and infallible and pretend they can take all the mystery and cloud of unknowing out of the church. The final conclusion Is without the change of Church Structure itself, there can be no leadership that are following the Gospels of Christ. Yet on so many issues of sex, birth control being one of them, the Bishops cast the first stones. To shame on these men. Their lack of integrity has lost them all respect of the thinking and seeking People of God.
My we find grace by focusing on the Gospels given us about the life of Christ and the mystery of the universe. May we gain grace by understanding that the more we know, the more we have to learn.
R. Dennis Porch, MD
The less credence, obedience
The less credence, obedience and obeisance the "The People of God" give members of the Hierarchy, the sooner this abominable Clerical Culture will destroy itself! The real, but totally artificial, "Clerical Culture," from the Vatican on down has been built on one lie after another, generation after generation! Celibacy is the "Chief-Cornerstone," as it is supposed to place them spiritually above the rest of us (sinners). They're great at passing around "Guilt," but they haven't been "Leading us to Christ," for generations! Most of them are more concerned with their Belgian Lace and High-hatted Miters and living like Medieval Princes than they are concerned for their sheep! Fortunately, the Holy Spirit is still at work, in the individual hearts of each "Child of God." Something that I've seen time and again, over the last decade is that the real "People of God," are starting to stand up to stand together to be counted! Some of them are no longer Catholic, but rather they see themselves, "In the Body of Christ," rather than "In the Church!" It's funny how one can ignore the "Clerical Culture," but still be "In the Body of Christ!" That idea in itself tells me how much we need them!
Now tell us about the
Now tell us about the testimony of Marie Collins. The Italian newspapers have covered it. Should be here, too.
That story was posted
That story was posted yesterday here.
http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/vatican-summit-speaker-says-abu...
Do try and keep up.
John covered this in a
John covered this in a separate post yesterday.
http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/vatican-summit-speaker-says-abu...
So, will Vigano move on
So, will Vigano move on Burskewitz - why not accept his 75 year old resignation now and be clear that he failed in his duties.
How about Finn? He admitted to cover up and failings as did his special diocesan report.
What about retired bishop, Egan - his interview last week was embarrassing.
Hey....do you mean Bishop
Hey....do you mean Bishop Bruskewitz of Lincoln, NE? If you are referring to him then I want to know exactly how he failed in his duties. I live in Nebraska and have watched this bishop for years and years, as far as I am concerned he should be the exemplar for future bishops.
You're not a member of one of the groups he excommunicated are you?
This man, Bishop Bruskewitz
This man, Bishop Bruskewitz of Lincoln, NE, failed to even implement the ideas to help protect children that were mandated by the American Bishops after the sex scandal erupted. He claimed to have it all covered personally. He is an excellent example of denial. He excommunicated many people in his diocese and other dioceses that were not excommunicated when were in other diocese. This is a typical example of a Bishop attempting to excommunicate himself out of trouble when he can not discuss the reasons for his denial. Yes, some of the auxiliary Bishops under him did go onto other diocese. One was Olmstead in Phoenix who tried to triage emergent medical care and excommunicate the nun the head of the ethics community of the hospital. He even went so far as to refuse to allow mass at that hospital. Now I have attended mass at State hospitals, Jewish hospitals, VA Hospitals, City General hospitals. Some of them even allowed abortion in their operating rooms. The problem is that this man is refusing the sacraments to the sick and dieting. He is not following The Way of Christ but is on a narcissistic quest for personal power.
The other noted Bishop is Bishop Vasa of rural Oregon now of Santa Rosa, CA. A man identifying himself as Catholic Physician in the Oregon diocese has identified this Bishop as interfering also in the correct ethical care of patients. Yes, this is the heritage of a miserable leader, Bishop Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a bishop who exercises as his "duty" to throw the first stone. His actions of irrational excommunications show none of Christ's greatest commandments of Love. That is the fellow you are talking about from Lincoln Nebraska.
Dr Porch. If you go to the
Dr Porch.
If you go to the bishop accountability website and look up the Lincoln Nebraska diocese, you will find all of three cases listed. Note too that dates listed and you will see that in two cases it was a matter of a few years from the time of ordination to the legal prosecution and imprisonment of the perp. Bruskewitz and his predecessor, Flaven, have an excellent record of protecting children, because they kept a very close eye on the training and supervision of their priests. Why should they tow the line set by bishops who have a terrible track record?
No, it is the psychologists
No, it is the psychologists that put children in harm's way. You need to stop listening to them.
There is more truth to that
There is more truth to that statement than you know!
What Msgr. Scicluns is
What Msgr. Scicluns is suggesting here is that under current canon law the Roman church is somehow self regulating.
Well, that hasn't worked for our 2,000 year old chuch, for many of the same reasons it hasn't worked in world financial markets. Even an Alan Greenspan papacy would not make it work. Lacking honesty and humility, church leadership will not even be able to find its way back to where it would like to be.
And Cardinals? They, too, are
And Cardinals? They, too, are to be held accountable. No one, whether they believe it or not, is above the law. And these days, thanks to our communication ability....you can hide, you may try to hide,try to cover it up ..but it will eventually be found out. I shall never forget one bishop at a US bishops' conference saying..."we never knew the abuse would affect a child that much." Things move slowly, not because they have to but because they think it will all pass over and be forgotten. Never. They can never "preach" justice and peace until it honestly, fully and truthfully is exposed and those held accountable are dealt with and removed.
I pray that Msgr. Scicluns is
I pray that Msgr. Scicluns is successful in getting the Vatican to act on his suggestions that the bishops must be held accountable as well as the priest who have abused innoncent children. Msgr. Scicluns stated, "Bishops are accountable to the Lord, but also to their people." Unfortunately this has not been the case in the Catholic church. All of the present leaders in the Catholic church who have participated in the attempt to keep this scandal from the public eye will have to answer to Jesus regardless of what they continue to say to the people today. I pray that the Holy Spirit will awaken the many people in the pews whostill the actions of the present leadership.
I want to correct an omission
I want to correct an omission in the last sentence of my comment. It should read: "I pray that the Holy Spirit will awken the many people in the pews who still believe the actions of the present leadership.
"The hierarchy has to listen
"The hierarchy has to listen to the experts....we need the input of pyschologists to help us" said Scicluna.
First they should listen to the victims and not discredit them by telling them that it was their fault as was done by a priest to Ms. Collins, the one victim who has spoken at this media event in Rome. And second, the pyschologists need to be qualified and experienced in the sexual abuse issues and the traumatization of children. At the moment, the University of Ulm, Department of Child and Adolsecent Psychiatry has been appointed to put together a program of how to educate church employess to deal with the sexual abuse cases. I don't know how qualified they are. However, what the hierarchy needs to learn from qualified psychologists and sociologists is what part they (the hierarchy/clerics) and their institution played in the abuse and in the way it was mishandled. Quite a few qualified psychologists like Doyle, Sipe, Robinson have already written about that issue, but I suspect that Scicluna and many of the clerics have not read their books and articles which is a similar situation as Scicluna pointed out, that church laws already exist to handle the abuse crisis, but no one has put them into action. Furthermore, they haven't listened to Jesus himself. Jesus is pretty clear about how he feels about people hurting/abusing children. You can't get much more "expert" than the teachings of Jesus.
Not a word about treating the
Not a word about treating the outstanding systemic and endemic causes behind the real issues identified long ago by the experts such as Sipe, etc., Remember as long as the Church still believes the problem it 'out there somewhere' or someone else's fault complete healing will not take place.
Too little to late...only
Too little to late...only after outrage around the world something is being addressed. There is too big of a gap between what Jesus taught and what the heirarchy does...they claim to have their ear to God and what they want are blind sheep to pay, pray, and obey...I have lost all respect for the bishops as a moral authority. Frankly, they are a joke. The heir to the throne of Peter no longer works especially when you look at the lives of many of those that sat upon the throne, not to mention the anti-popes. History is not on the side of the church with its track record. Amazingly, I still go to Mass but that is about it.
The bishops and cardinals
The bishops and cardinals have to listen to the psychologists, the Monsignor states. Really? Would that be so that the bishops may learn how to discern right from wrong?
Monsignor Scicluna knows perfectly well that the bishops have been blaming the psychologists since the Boston Scandal broke: "The pyschologists made us do it. They said pedophile priests could still be on altars and always around children," they moan to us and to each other, as though their brains were left behind in the seminary.
Words are cheap. Just listen to Cardinal Levada, who suddenly portends to give a hoot about victims, when as archbishop of San Francisco, he had a nest of pedophiles working for him with his full knowledge. Nothing will change, and children will not be safe until the bishops who kept pedophile clergy in business are behind bars, and that includes the curial types.
AW
Blah! Blah! Blah, still all
Blah! Blah! Blah, still all talk and no action. No cardinal, archbishop or bishop has yet been publicly held accountable. What about Law, Mahoney, Finn and the cardinal primate of Ireland for starters?
Yes, Bill you have hit the
Yes, Bill you have hit the nail on the head. These enablers are even more responsible for soul murder than were the sick perverted clergy. There are far too many scandals that this leadership is responsible for but denies. The financial scandal now threatens to become as big as the sexual scandal. The anti-women, anti-theology, anti-science approach of these men are far too much for the People of God to accept. Lets face it there is a near complete lack of integrity in the current Papal appoint Episcopacy. It stems from the authoritarian approach of the Vatican that is intolerable to those who would follow The Way of Christ. The Roman Catholic leadership has ceased to be even Christian. They are a canonical bunch that tries to get away with an authoritarian idea that they can make all the rules without the input of any of the rest of the people of God. It was corruption that caused the first Reformation and it is even worse corruption that is now forcing a second reformation. This leadership and monarchial institutional stucture must go and any one that will follow The Way of Christ must awaken to the problems these old men are causing. How do we know when they are they are not speaking truthfully? It is when they open their mouths!
Whenever I see the onus
Whenever I see the onus placed on the law and professional sympathy, I recall something Baroness P.D. James (the mystery writer) said many years ago. "England is a more fair place. It's not more moral." As for the hierarchy... as a non-Catholic student at a Catholic high school in the late sixties/early sevenities, what did I know of canon law or episcopal obligations. What I do remember is the silence of Catholics and Catholics who looked the other way. Yes, I experienced a clumsy and heavy-handed diocesan exercise in muddying the truth. But I remember mostly students, teachers,parents et al who didn't know and didn't want to know. As for psychologists and lawyers, there's a pop lyric from the mid-70s, "psychiatrists and lawyers destroying manking/driving them crazy and stealing them blind." I remain baffled by this idea that expertise and psychological and literary insight are a substitute for right and wrong, for morality, for true religion. As a convert I can only smile in recognition at the lay and episcopal response to the administration's nullifcation of the First Right of the Constitution: religious liberty. Some folks never learn.
So then when does the fist
So then when does the fist bishop in the United States go to jail? It hasn't happened and most likely will not.
I hope that Scicluna thinks
I hope that Scicluna thinks outside of the box and doesn't get his "input" exclusively from Catholic Psychologists, paid by the Church!
To Scicluna: Be Accountable!
To Scicluna: Be Accountable! Send Cardinal Law back to the United States to be accountable to the people of Boston, for the hundreds of Boston children and teens, who were raped, molested or sodomized by Pedophile Priests under his supervision!
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