ST. LOUIS (MO)
Waiting for Godot to Leave
Kevin O’Brien
One of the ironies of this situation is that when Robert Carlson was auxiliary bishop of St. Paul, he was actually trying to raise some warning flags about the case in question.
Had he been more forthcoming in his recent deposition, things would have gone better. A commenter on Fr. Z’s blog notes …
Archbishop Carlson reminds me of former Bishop of South Bend D’Arcy. They both consistently said that abuser priests should not be transferred while they were auxilliary bishops, had that advice rejected by the bishops above them, and eventually took over dioceses of their own …
The difference is that D’Arcy admitted that he had given his bishop (Law) good advice, only to see it ignored. People widely praised D’Arcy for his candor. If Carlson had been equally candid – and he surely could have been – he would be praised in the press right now, not vilified.
But here’s the greatest irony in the whole situation.
All sinners in or out of the Church are either judged or excused by the light of Christ.
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