UNITED STATES
Standing on My Head

July 8, 2014 By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Pope Francis famously kissed a man with a horrible physical deformity, but what if he kissed a man who was even more horribly deformed in his soul? What if he were to go to prison to hear the confession of a pedophile priest?

The Pope has met with some victims of priestly sex abuse and quite right. I’m sure everyone agrees: let’s do as much as we can to make it up to the victims of priestly sex abuse. Let’s make sure we have adequate child protection plans in place. Let’s have a zero tolerance policy on sex abuse. Let’s make sure the bishops who were covering up are stopped. Let’s guarantee that the police will be brought in when a Catholic priest breaks the law. Let’s stop this terrible crime and protect the children.

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