CALIFORNIA
The Record
By Michael Fitzgerald
Record Columnist
June 09, 2013
The Catholic Diocese of Stockton announced this week that it has shelled out so many millions to victims of molester priests that it may have to file for bankruptcy.
The diocese was home to that scourge, Father Oliver O’Grady. As well as to leaders who covered for O’Grady as he molested at least 25 children, and probably more.
So it can be said that the moral bankruptcy of the diocese preceded its financial bankruptcy. It has been said. What I want to know is, when is it time to forgive?
I don’t mean forgive O’Grady. Forgiving the likes of him is above my spiritual pay grade.
But what about the church, the diocese? It is, after all, home not only to the occasional cover-up cardinal but to many humble, spiritual people who sacrifice for others.
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