CANADA
Welland Tribune
By Joe Barkovich, The Tribune
The view from the pew is not a pleasant one. As a practising Roman Catholic, I do not like what I have been seeing.
I live with, and try to cope with, the sordid and sad stories at hand. On one hand, there are the civil suits against our diocese (and former priest Donald Grecco) stemming from the latter’s sexual abuse of three altar boys (see Thursday’s edition, page 1, Justice sought and Release surprises victim).
On the other hand, there is the disappearance of our former bishop, James Matthew Wingle.
I cannot speak for others: parishioners who sit in front of me, behind me, across from me.
I only know, with certainty, what I feel. Words that come to mind most readily include: disappointment, disgust, revulsion, anger, confusion, sorrow.
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