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William D. Lindsey

As a footnote to my earlier posting today noting that the spotlight that recently shone on the Vatican at the UN hearing is now on Pope Francis himself, a reader has pointed me to Betty Clermont’s recent posting at Open Tabernacle about Francis’s handling of the sex abuse crisis. As with everything Betty writes, it’s exhaustively researched and insightful.

Betty’s conclusion about what we can now expect from Francis:

Pope Francis is washing his hands of any responsibility for whatever happens outside his city state or those on his immediate payroll. “On the level of the Holy See, as the Sovereign of Vatican City State, the response to sexual abuse has been in accord with its direct responsibility over the territory of Vatican City State,” stated Tomasi. “Priests are not functionaries of the Vatican….They are citizens of their own state and…