UNITED STATES
National Survivor Advocates Coalition
EDITORIAL
Hold the Applause, Please
We considered not saying anything about the homily delivered by Pope Francis yesterday or the Vatican’s comments about the private meetings he held with six survivors from Ireland, Germany and Great Britain.
Silence for what was, in essence, another round of someday we are going to do something – just you wait – theater seemed the most appropriate match to the events.
It is possible that many of our readers will think we should have stuck with our initial reaction
As the day flowed on and news outlets including the Vatican carried the full text of the homily and characterizations of Father Frederic Lombardi’s comments, we changed our mind.
We changed it in large measure because silence practiced and nearly perfected by the Vatican is a foundational block of why sexual abuse by priests and nuns and the octopus of its cover-up still hangs like the sword of Damocles over the Roman Catholic Church today.
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