Posted on 01/01/2019 2:54:31 PM PST by ebb tide
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican blocked U.S. bishops from taking measures to address the clergy sex abuse scandal because U.S. church leaders didn’t discuss the legally problematic proposals with the Holy See enough beforehand, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
The Nov. 11 letter from the Vatican’s Cardinal Marc Ouellet provides the primary reason that Rome balked at the measures that were to be voted on by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at its Nov. 12-14 meeting. The blocked vote stunned abuse survivors and other Catholics who were demanding action from U.S. bishops to address clergy sex abuse and cover-up.
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Please save your Church and get rid of this guy.
No one in the hierarchy, and I mean no one, seems to be able to tell the simple truth without spinning it or holding back some relevant piece of information. The scheming on both sides of the Atlantic is staggering. Why can’t they simply let their yes be yes, and their no be no?
You ask: “Why can’t they simply let their yes be yes, and their no be no? Because they are by nature liars.
Vatican politics and US Politics at play here.
Vatican really hates it when they think their authority is being stepped on. And it is possible that Cardinal Daniel DiNardo didn’t keep them properly in the loop, unintentionally or intentionally.
Bishops are whistling passed the graveyard on this. The Vatican better get serious about a lay run policy on investigations. Yes they can have a seat at the table, but it absolutely cannot be a good ol’boys club investigation anymore.
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