DUBLIN (IRELAND)
The Journal
March 4, 2019
By Shane Dunphy
The summit heard that the canon law protection of ‘pontifical secret’ had been applied to numerous clerical abuse cases. Bizarrely, it was suggested that this practice should not continue – indicating that it is ongoing, writes Shane Dunphy.
FOR A WHILE, I thought Pope Francis was a good man.
I was quite moved when he comforted a child who had been told one of his parents was going to hell due to his atheism, telling him a loving God would never do such a thing.
He spoke openly about reforming the monolith the Roman Church has become, and I was delighted. Here, I thought, was the kind of leader the church needed in the 21st century.
But alas, the mask quickly began to slip.
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