Pittsburgh (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
August 27, 2018
By Mary Lou Walter
Holy smoke! It appears that the ruby red Prada slippers that Benedict XVI wore are now on the other foot.
How ironic that members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were complicit for decades about protecting known abuser priests. The same feckless organization, however, was totally enthusiastic to participate and endorse the Apostolic Visitation into America’s provinces of nuns — a witch hunt in every sense begun to ease the fears of U.S. bishops that the nuns were running amok, what with their abandonment of religious garments and living independently outside of convents, not to mention forming radical feminist ideas about their organizations.
What were the results of the investigation?
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