The Vatican’s apology letter on the Church’s complicity with the child abuse furore in Ireland – no ‘mea culpa’ here!

This is an interesting read to say the least. However a daunting one in that it translates into roughly 9 x A4 size pages of small font text, with a lot of obfuscatory theological verbiage, and very  little  gut-level sincerity. The kind of sincerity we have grown used to hearing/seeing even from the jaded, hard-boiled, teflon coated CEOs and Politicians we have voted in, who somehow succeed in getting it right. 
The right look, sound-bite, haggard demeanour and forthrightness so critical to making a connection with the hoi polloi, whenever they seek forgiveness for some political misstep from the political and moral ‘high-ground.’ (think CEO Mike McCain’s handling of the Maple Leaf  foods Listeria crisis in Canada). There is no such catharsis forthcoming in this epistle. 

https://essaysandscribbles.com/2016/04/18/the-vaticans-apology-letter-on-the-churchs-complicity-with-the-child-abuse-furore-in-ireland-no-mea-culpa-here/