(June 2, 2012 at 8:03 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: Is there any action a leader of the Catholic Church could take that you wouldn’t defend Aiza?
Oh please. I wouldn't defend the aforementioned Archbishop Weakland who sat on abuse cases for years before bringing them to the Vatican's attention (including the infamous Father Murphy case). I wouldn't support any bishop involved in any sort of coverup or those who were abusive themselves. These are the people who rightfully deserve condemnation.
But this? I mean, at best its sort of debatable. Technically speaking, any accused priests are guilty until proven innocent and removed from ministry immediately (so not a danger to kids) long before they are released from their vows. If you take the time and money you could go to ecclesiastical trial based on principle. But that means it takes longer and it means less money for victims, two things which SNAP in particular often complains about. So they did as many secular institutions do and paid to remove them faster.
I can see people agreeing or disagreeing (not sure where I stand), but I think we can all agree that Laurie Goodstein's reporting is awfully shady to say the least. It's a shame that most people who read the article won't be actually checking the sources.
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