BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA)
Buenos Aires Times
Nov. 30, 2019
We will not insult the moral calibre of our readers by presuming any need to explain to them why such preying on defenceless victims is wrong and in this case at least there is closure. So (all the entirely justified indignation aside) what more remains to be said?
Plenty, because the Próvolo case is but the tip of the iceberg for literally a world of abuse – “Catholic” is derived from the Greek word for “universal” and the Church today is the one remaining empire on which the sun never sets. Countless such cases languish without closure because, among other things, there is no accountability. It is much easier to place two rogue priests in the dock than the Church. Who is the Church? Its visible head is Pope Francis and he has certainly talked a good game over the past six years, while doing very little, but it could always be pleaded that he is trapped within conservative structures against which he is helpless. Yet if we switch the blame to the Vatican, this is an entirely abstract concept which leads us nowhere.
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