On the Papal Tribunal

UNITED STATES
SNAP Australia

Ray Mouton

USA, June 10, 2015

[Ray Mouton is the author of the celebrated novel In God’s House. He is also a co-author of the celebrated report offered to the bishops in 1985 and subsequently ignored by them. This report not only recommended but urged the bishops to take several concrete steps lest they face disastrous consequences in the future. They ignored the report, refused to take any steps and suffered the consequences predicted. Ray Mouton was in the middle of the volcano when it exploded.]

This is the biggest non-story in the history of the clergy child sex abuse scandal.

Read the headline and then read the whole story.

The headline proclaims that Pope Francis has created an abuse tribunal for cases of bishop’s negligence.

First, it should be noted a bishop does not “negligently” cover up heinous crimes committed by priests against innocent…