http://www.catholicleague.org/snap-is-in-panic-mode/
Donohue's article is the kind of writing that just gets my dander up. And I'm not sure which I'm more upset about: the content of the CLRCR "news release" or the forwarding of this blog by my very intelligent classmate to our class email list. I was hoping that one of my class would formulate a commentary in response to the article. But since none have responded yet, I suppose I can start the discussion by sharing this with you—and them—in the form of an email response:
Aw, Bill, please don't be taken in by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which considers itself "more Catholic than the Pope" and might be considered the Catholic equivalent of the check-out counter rumors-gossip-innuendo magazine The Star.
Even just a quick perusal of the Catholic League's website tells the story. And the Wikipedia essay on the organization is equally enlightening.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests is doing a great service. While I didn't care for SNAP's use of the term "dirty dozen" to describe "cover-up" hierarchy, I was glad to see that their staff offered this apology for their use of the term:
We sincerely apologize for offending anyone by using the phrase "dirty dozen."We are a staff of three abuse victims working very hard to protect kids, help victims, expose wrongdoers and deter cover ups in a huge, powerful, global institution. We simply are incapable of monitoring how a 40 year old movie title translates into multiple languages and a slang expression.
That being said, there are so many important concerns facing the "administrators" as they enter the conclave.
For first-world cardinals, these include the flight from faith by younger Catholics, loss of confidence in the church, the clergy sex abuse crisis and how to handle such controversial social issues as the place of women, homosexuality, gay marriage, abortion, divorce and remarriage, and the decline in priests.
For cardinals from the developing world, social justice, poverty, environmental issues and relations with Islam and other faiths take centre stage. For both groups, the government of the church and reform of the Curia have risen sharply up the agenda.
For cardinals from the developing world, social justice, poverty, environmental issues and relations with Islam and other faiths take centre stage. For both groups, the government of the church and reform of the Curia have risen sharply up the agenda.
It's good to hear, even if it's just a rumor, that Cardinal George is active in comments about cardinals with a "past." You probably saw the news item in the Tribune.
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SNAP's comment:
In a new interview with the Chicago Tribune, Cardinal George says that Cardinals are ‘vetting’ one another on abuse and cover up. If he is correct about this – and we hope he is – we are encouraged. But such vetting should go beyond just likely papal candidates. It should be vigorously expanded to include all church officials.
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The point is that "It's about the children."
On the other hand, as the Wikipedia article indicates, the Catholic League's Donohue has a history of "defending priests against accusations of child sexual abuse."
If it comes down to a choice between SNAP and the CLRCR, for my part, the children win my support.
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