However, she did not blindly agree with everything that came out of Rome, and her criticism over the child rapes would have been loud. (emphasis mine)
"It is important to us that unconditional transparency is brought to the past," the Swiss bishops said in a statement. They urged all abusers to "stand before God and the people whom they have wronged and report to the relevant authorities."
Switzerland, home of the Swiss Guard papal protectors, is considering creating a central registry of pedophile priests to prevent them from coming into contact with children. Swiss bishops are divided over the proposal.
Amid renewed outrage over the European scandal, Schoenborn announced over the weekend the creation of a church-funded but independent and clergy-free commission headed by a woman to suggest ways to strengthen church guidelines for dealing with sexual abuse.
Swiss bishops urged victims to consider filing criminal complaints. German bishops opened a hot line for victims. Danish bishops launched an inquiry into decades-old claims.
"Thank you for breaking your silence," Schoenborn told the victims. "A lot has been broken open. There is less looking away. But there is still a lot to do."
He’s right. While these cries for reform and words of condemnation are good to hear, there’s still a lot to do. So, on this holiest of weeks, what is the head of the Catholic church doing about this predatory conduct of its own?
Asked how Benedict was responding to the scandal swirling around the Vatican, Lombardi replied: "The pope is a person of faith. He sees this as a test for him and the church."
Right. Like it's some outside thing testing them, poor victims. Not their fault. It's the church that's under attack, not the trusting children the continue to violate.
Benny is showing his humility this week through the tradition of washing his clergy’s feet.
That test, Benny? Massive fail. My mother would not have been so happy about that.
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