The Personalist Project
http://www.thepersonalistproject.org/home/comments/weigel_on_the_sex_scandals_in_the_church
Accessed on September 27, 2023 - 1:08:06
This First Things article by George Weigel is worth reading. But I don’t find it entirely satisfying.
It’s not only those who are out to get the Church who are pushing this issue. It’s also those who love her most, and those who have been scandalized and appalled not only by the abuses themselves, but by the wretchedly inadequate response of the bishops so far.
And who can be mollified by statistics showing that the sexual abuse of minors happens as much elsewhere in society as it does in the Church? The outrage is that it was done by priests. It’s very depressing to hear bishops and the Vatican now complaining that the media is out to get them.