ST. LOUIS (MO)
Berger’s Beat
. . Earlier this week, Archbishop Robert Carlson was criticized for keeping secret about the identities of 63 credibly accused child molesting clerics. (The number comes from the church records disgorged in the recent civil suit against the now-defrocked Fr. Joseph Ross.) And in a new editorial this week, Carlson’s St. Louis Catholic Review opines (evidently with no irony) that “All of us in the Church (must) continue the crusade against abuse assertively and transparently.” The prelate is upset about controversial Louisiana Supreme Court ruling that is attracting national attention and that he says threatens “the sanctity of the confessional.”
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