UNITED STATES
Waiting for Godot to Leave
Kevin O’Brien
If the Vatican’s Abuse Commission was established merely for show, the members thereof do not think so. If Francis really wants the laity involved in cleaning up the Scandal, he’s getting what he asked for – and I’d wager he doesn’t like it.
Here’s an ABC News story on the situation in Chile that quotes a number of lay members of the Abuse Commission who are attempting to hold Pope Francis accountable for serious reform. It is ironic that the liberalists in the Church, for all their errors, are right about one thing in particular – the laity are members of the Church as much as the clergy are. Vatican II was adamant about that, and maybe that will begin to sink in.
Several members of Pope Francis’ sex abuse advisory board are expressing concern and incredulity over his decision to appoint a Chilean bishop to a diocese despite allegations from victims that he covered up for Chile’s most notorious pedophile.
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