Archive for August 1st, 2012
More than a hint of hypocrisy | National Catholic Reporter
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Clergy, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on August 1, 2012
“While the bishops view the nuns as in need of supervision and have accused the nuns of ‘betraying core values of the church’ and causing ‘scandal to the faithful,’ Gross (Terry Gross, host of National Public Radio’s program Fresh Air) asked if there wasn’t a bit of hypocrisy in those allegations, if the same charges might apply to ‘the institutional church that appears not able to reform itself and to be in the need of outside supervision.'”
Penn State case bad, but church sex abuse worse / USA TODAY Column
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on August 1, 2012
“But the Philadelphia archdiocese is not likely to suffer the same fate as Penn State, even though three grand juries found it left pedophile priests free to prey upon children for years after church officials became aware of them. That’s because saving the church from scorn was more important to them than protecting children from those monsters,” DeWayne Wickman, Columnist, USA TODAY
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