DULUTH (MN)
News Tribune
December 1, 2018
By Fr. William Fider
There continues to be much anger and outrage and shame and sadness in the Catholic Church over the abuse scandals and especially over the coverups by the bishops. Most agree now that the root cause of our troubles is the failure of the bishops’ leadership.
Bishops and chancery officials who should have stopped the pain and suffering of children decided to protect themselves instead. Some chancery officials even advanced up the ecclesial ladder, even though they were involved in the coverups. When confronted with the crisis, the bishops acted as if they were the victims and not the abused children.
So far, we’ve seen mostly pious words and not much action from our bishops. It looks like the bishops simply want to take a mulligan.
Our confidence in our bishops has been shattered, and now our church is running out of time.
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