Posted on 07/25/2018 9:04:39 AM PDT by ebb tide
Pope Francis and Cardinal Seán OMalley appear to handle the sex abuse crisis in the same way.
It appears that Francis and OMalley don't receive letters when it's about sex abuse of minors.
Pope Francis's own chief adviser on sexual abuse matters and president of the Commission for the Protection of Minors Cardinal OMalley personally gave a sex abuse victim letter to Francis that the Pope never acknowledged receiving.
Now, O' Malley received a letter from a priest which revealed that one of the most influential Cardinals in the United States was a sex abuser and he never received it.
[http://m.ncregister.com/blog/joan-desmond/cardinal-omalley-says-more-than-apologies-needed-in-cardinal-mccarrick-scan?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+NCRegisterDailyBlog+National+Catholic+Register#When%3A2018-07-24+22%3A24%3A01]
O' Malley's record as Francis's own chief adviser on sexual abuse matters shows according to
journalist Hilary White that Francis and O' Malley have "all but completely dismantled" the "effective" reforms instituted against clerical sex abuse by Pope Benedict XVI:
"Pope Benedict installed effective procedural reforms on clerical sex abuse; Francis... has all but completely dismantled or reversed those changes... Benedict 'had defrocked or suspended more than 800 priests for past sexual abuse between 2009 and 2012'... His reforms specifically included bishops who refused to act against priest-abusers... 'This Pope has removed two to three bishops per month'... These reforms - and - removals - have ceased entirely under Francis [and O'Malley]." (Remnant, "Pope Francis Accused of Inaction in Notorious Sex Abuse Cases, January 25, 2017)
What is O' Malley's record in his diocese according the Bishop Accountability website (http://www.bishop-accountability.org/OMalley_Fact_Sheet.htm):
Six Ways Cardinal Sean OMalley Has Mishandled the Abuse Crisis
March 13, 2013
When Cardinal OMalley is described as papabile, his work on sexual abuse cases as a bishop is often cited. While OMalley has considerable experience as a fixer in the troubled dioceses of Fall River MA, Palm Beach FL, and Boston, his performance in that role raises concerns. A close look at the cardinal reveals a career-long pattern of resisting disclosure of information, reinstating priests of dubious suitability, and negotiating mass settlements that are among the least generous in the history of the crisis.
See also a PDF of this Fact Sheet.
1. Cardinal OMalley omitted at least 161 names from his published list of accused Boston priests.
As Boston archbishop, Cardinal O'Malley has disclosed minimal information about accused priests. He did not release a list of accused priests until August 2011, years after committing to do so, and then he re-packaged information that was already public: his list did not reveal the name of even one accused priest who was not already known. In fact, he admitted to withholding the names of 91 accused archdiocesan priests even though the archdiocese had settled with some of their victims and regarded the allegations as compelling and credible. [See OMalleys August 25, 2011 letter.]
And unlike at least 10 of more than 25 other US bishops who have released lists, OMalley refused also to name accused religious order clerics. According to a Boston Globe investigation, at least 70 accused order clerics including some who have gone to prison for child sexual abuse are missing from the cardinal's list.
With only 159 names, OMalleys long-awaited list was far shorter than expected. In a secret report by the archdiocese's abuse delegate in 2000 two years before the crisis broke in Boston the archdiocese cited a total of 191 accused priests. In his 2003 report, Massachusetts Attorney General Reilly stated that 237 Boston priests had been accused.
Those protecting the molesters and the actively homosexual Priests need to be disciplined....NOW!
The easy fix is to admit failure and appoint a trusted, holy person to create a new program to address the problem.
Exactly. A lay group. Before lynchings happen on their own and an innocent priest or bishop is lost. One or the other is past due. John 23rd, maybe he was readying the Church for the great purge?
Programs!? No. The problem is endemic homosexuality in the Church. I’ve been part of these programs, that is a useless bureaucratic approach that hides the truth. The heart, goodness, purity must be involved. No program can solve the innate perversion of the gay mentality!
Use plan as a synonym for program
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