Elizabeth Bruenig

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Tue Nov 10 13:30:51 +0000 2020

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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

Instead, Benedict XVI recommended that McCarrick step back from public life. These recommendations were later described as 'sanctions,' but they weren't; more like paternal advice. In the Vatican's eyes, there was no (known) child abuse, and all the allegations were decades old. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 10, 2020 Deleted Hibernated

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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

The report observes that Benedict XVI had the same knowledge that John Paul II did, but that — and the passive voice is remarkable — "the path of a canonical process to resolve factual issues and possibly prescribe canonical penalties was not taken." — PolitiTweet.org

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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

This touches on a crucial, continuing problem: The Church seems to have learned the wrong lessons from 2002, namely that child abuse is a PR disaster. In fact, it is a sin and a crime, as is the sexual abuse of adults. Both should be treated as such, not as reputational hazards. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 10, 2020 Hibernated