RNS has a story today about the Vatican’s policy of “pontifical secrecy.” Read the story. The approach Rome is taking toward the problem of sex abuse by priests reminds one of the policies followed in the inquisition. What was established for the preservation of truth (and abused especially by Spain) has become a vehicle for what looks like a corporate cover-up.Rome claims to be “the” holy, apostolic church. We don’t have to guess, however, how the actual apostolic church handled immorality in the church. Read 1 Cor. Paul mentions people by name who’ve erred and gone astray as did Jude. They didn’t cover-up. They protected the church by practicing church discipline.
There’s another point to be made here, beside the prima facie implausibility of Rome’s claim to be apostolic or even genuinely catholic and that is the lesson that we can all take from the horrible way Rome has handled this scandal. Read the rest HERE
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