BishopAccountability.org
 
  The Necessity and Impossibility of Justice

By J. Leon
Podles Dialogue
May 3, 2010

http://www.podles.org/dialogue/the-necessity-and-impossibility-of-justice-321.htm

Julian Carron, the president of Communion and Liberation, in a letter to La Republica, has written the most profound reflection on sexual abuse in the Church I have seen so far.

None of us has ever been as dismayed as we are in front of the heart-wrenching story of child abuse. Our dismay arises from our inability to respond to the demand for justice which springs from the bottom of our hearts.

The request to assume responsibility, the acknowledgement of the evil committed, the reprimand for the mistakes made in the handling of the affair – all of this seems to us to be totally inadequate as we face this sea of evil. Nothing seems to be enough. And so we can understand the frustrated reactions that have been coming forth at this time.

 
 

Any original material on these pages is copyright © BishopAccountability.org 2004. Reproduce freely with attribution.