Did you read the entire article? The NYT spoke with Catholic priests/cardinals who stated even they had trouble communicating with the Vatican in attempts to resolve differing issues, includidng the sexual abuse stuff.
That’s fine. To not address the decrease in istances of abuse in the USA before it became public, and to give the opposite impression, isn’t “even handed”, though is it?
“Cardinal Ratzinger was publicly disciplining priests in Brazil and Peru for preaching that the church should work to empower the poor and oppressed, which the cardinal saw as a Marxist-inspired distortion of church doctrine.”
Is that an even handed statement?
Freegards
Perhaps Alex would be willing to keep track of all the RC’s on FR who stand unequivocably on the side of calling such a state of affairs horribly UnChristian and thoroughly reprehensible.
I suspect it will be a short list.
Now that's just odd. Why would they bother the Vatican with their troubles? Each diocese is a different entity that operates with relative autonomy and makes their own decisions about the hiring and firing of personnel.. They're supposed to be operating on their own! Why are they acting like college kids calling Mom and Dad for emergency money?
