MINNESOTA
Christian Catholicism
Jerry Slevin
In the St. Paul Archdiocese, not far from Kansas, a brave woman leader has followed Dorothy’s example in the Wizard of Oz. She doggedly (but without Toto!) followed the yellow brick road to the truth that protects children. Her journey has led to a remarkable lifting of the Vatican’s curtain on its current child protection charade, as amply revealed in a new article.
The former Archdiocesan Chancellor for Canonical Matters, Jennifer Haselberger, a well educated and respected canon lawyer, is publicly taking on her bishop and the papal inquisition that masquerades as child protectors. Predictably, the clerical Tin Men in her Chancery Office and at the Vatican are searching in vain for hearts and brains, it appears. Childless celibate men too often fail to understand or value children, as is sadly but increasingly becoming too clear. They appear, though, to understand well and to fear greatly Federal prosecutors.
The amazing and disturbing story, with documentary support, including proposed correspondence with the Vatican’s purported child protection department, is reported extensively and superbly in a new article by a very diligent group of journalists at the respected Minnesota Public Radio organization.
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This pathetic story reveals clearly that the Vatican’s “Zero Tolerance” policy is in practice more like a “Zero Competence” or “Zero Morality” policy. Will Pope Francis please step up and fix this obscenity. He must stop kissing a few babies and begin protecting millions of children transparently.
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