Even by Vatican standards the timing is spectacularly inept. The six Oscar nominations for the movie Spotlight
have refocused the attention of the world on the issue of paedophile
priests inside the Catholic church – almost certainly the biggest
scandal to plague the institution in the past century.
And yet, with disdain or disregard for world opinion, just two weeks before the Oscars the most outspoken member of the pope’s commission to combat sex abuse has been sacked.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/15/pope-francis-radical-papacy-scandal-sex-abuse-catholic-church
And yet, with disdain or disregard for world opinion, just two weeks before the Oscars the most outspoken member of the pope’s commission to combat sex abuse has been sacked.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/15/pope-francis-radical-papacy-scandal-sex-abuse-catholic-church