Letter to the Editor: Bishop's Comments Were Inappropriate

By Teresa Biggs
Martinsville Bulletin
April 17, 2020

https://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-to-the-editor-bishops-comments-were-inappropriate/article_579504d9-b221-5179-94f9-6986ef620060.html

I find the publication of Bishop's Barry Knestout's letter noting a number of issues regarding the pastor St. Joseph Catholic Church, Father Mark White, to be very inappropriate ("My case against Father Mark White's blog," March 22). As a shepherd, the bishop knows he should be a point of care and compassion. He has forever eliminated that concept from his charge, where he swore to uphold.

His comments should have been kept private and only in a setting of love. The fact that none were correct seems to be a minor matter in this series of events.

As a lifelong Catholic and as a member of St. Joseph, I ask for forgiveness from my many Protestant friends that they had to “listen” to our pastor being so belligerently described.

Teresa Biggs

Martinsville