Not mentioned in this explainer is how an extrajudicial process can cause injury to justice by hiding relevant information from the public. This doesn't really apply to Bp. Vigano IMO, but it definitely did with McCarrick. By preventing witness testimony and cross examination, the truth of HOW he was able to commit his crimes and WHO hel…
Not mentioned in this explainer is how an extrajudicial process can cause injury to justice by hiding relevant information from the public. This doesn't really apply to Bp. Vigano IMO, but it definitely did with McCarrick. By preventing witness testimony and cross examination, the truth of HOW he was able to commit his crimes and WHO help him for so long was hidden.
Yes McCarrick was found guilty. However, the process used had at least the appearance of preventing the complete truth from coming to light. The appearance of a coverup was/is impossible to ignore. Thus the McCarrick affair remains to this day a deep dark stain on the American Church, and it's tentacles back to Rome.
There's almost no public record of any canonical proceedings, even though in many cases third parties such as children and parishioners are directly affected and therefore should be able to review the transcript and all exhibits. Justice should not be dispensed behind a veil.
True but without the cross-examination of witnesses and evidence there's limited possibility for the truth to surface at all - even behind closed doors. In my opinion this was very intentional
Not mentioned in this explainer is how an extrajudicial process can cause injury to justice by hiding relevant information from the public. This doesn't really apply to Bp. Vigano IMO, but it definitely did with McCarrick. By preventing witness testimony and cross examination, the truth of HOW he was able to commit his crimes and WHO help him for so long was hidden.
Yes McCarrick was found guilty. However, the process used had at least the appearance of preventing the complete truth from coming to light. The appearance of a coverup was/is impossible to ignore. Thus the McCarrick affair remains to this day a deep dark stain on the American Church, and it's tentacles back to Rome.
There's almost no public record of any canonical proceedings, even though in many cases third parties such as children and parishioners are directly affected and therefore should be able to review the transcript and all exhibits. Justice should not be dispensed behind a veil.
True but without the cross-examination of witnesses and evidence there's limited possibility for the truth to surface at all - even behind closed doors. In my opinion this was very intentional