Excellent, fair-handed article, Ed. Great breaking down of a complex issue with serious ramifications for the Church in America. This is why I subscribe. Thanks.
> But he claimed last week that he is “disappointed, as a Catholic..."
I'm sure he has a hard job being a Catholic and a politician at the same time, and so I will pray that Catholicism entirely and categorically overwhelms the other unnamed sections of his life (like when we have a well-deserved flash flood warning after heavy rain) and becomes a source of joy welling up to eternal life.
Archbishop Hunthausen, for all his other flaws, really seems to have taken sex abuse seriously. As a priest of Seattle, I regularly pray for his soul, in thanksgiving that under his leadership we had already done most of the cleanup before Spotlight hit. I hope this optimism does not come back to haunt me, but I really don't think the AG will find anything we have not already discussed in some form. And what he does find will likely be spurious and unsubstantiated.
We really shouldn't overlook that line that the AG is running for governor. It should be no surprise that the press conference happened - not when the investigation began - but weeks before a Democratic primary in which he has a serious contender.
His name was practically a curse word in some of the circles I've traveled in...but I've also learned there's more than a few folks around Helena who have fond memories of him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.
Great analysis. Older clerics have lamented that younger folks are just "waiting for them to die," but it seems like that is the only way we will get proper transparency into matters of the church such as VELM. As noted on the podcast last week, the law has always been there but culture has prevented the law from being properly applied. I am not wishing for anyone's death but what other option do we have for reform in this way other than a new crop of guys to be in charge (both in the US and Vatican)?
It is truly AMAZING how nonchalantly it can be reported that priest’s names that have been splayed over news media with inaccurate or false information about supposed abuse , can be left to hang out to dry. If a bishop is trying to cover his own derrière, it matters not at times whether the truth be known. Accountability seems to belong to everyone but the Bishop.
Excellent, fair-handed article, Ed. Great breaking down of a complex issue with serious ramifications for the Church in America. This is why I subscribe. Thanks.
> But he claimed last week that he is “disappointed, as a Catholic..."
I'm sure he has a hard job being a Catholic and a politician at the same time, and so I will pray that Catholicism entirely and categorically overwhelms the other unnamed sections of his life (like when we have a well-deserved flash flood warning after heavy rain) and becomes a source of joy welling up to eternal life.
Your comments are always so on point and charitable. Thank you. From one Bridget (Brigida) to another.
Thoughtful, thorough, with great effort taken to comprehend and fairly report the perspectives of all sides...thank you for this.
(I'll gladly forgive the occasional "Washginton" and "bing".)
Archbishop Hunthausen, for all his other flaws, really seems to have taken sex abuse seriously. As a priest of Seattle, I regularly pray for his soul, in thanksgiving that under his leadership we had already done most of the cleanup before Spotlight hit. I hope this optimism does not come back to haunt me, but I really don't think the AG will find anything we have not already discussed in some form. And what he does find will likely be spurious and unsubstantiated.
We really shouldn't overlook that line that the AG is running for governor. It should be no surprise that the press conference happened - not when the investigation began - but weeks before a Democratic primary in which he has a serious contender.
His name was practically a curse word in some of the circles I've traveled in...but I've also learned there's more than a few folks around Helena who have fond memories of him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.
Great analysis. Older clerics have lamented that younger folks are just "waiting for them to die," but it seems like that is the only way we will get proper transparency into matters of the church such as VELM. As noted on the podcast last week, the law has always been there but culture has prevented the law from being properly applied. I am not wishing for anyone's death but what other option do we have for reform in this way other than a new crop of guys to be in charge (both in the US and Vatican)?
It is truly AMAZING how nonchalantly it can be reported that priest’s names that have been splayed over news media with inaccurate or false information about supposed abuse , can be left to hang out to dry. If a bishop is trying to cover his own derrière, it matters not at times whether the truth be known. Accountability seems to belong to everyone but the Bishop.
Captions need copy editing, too.