Mar 11, 2010

Reality is light years away for some bishops

From the Irish Times

The Catholic Bishop of Elphin, Christopher Jones, has accused the media of being “unfair and unjust” to his Church through a concentration on the handling by Church authorities of the clerical child sex abuse issue.

"Could I just say with all this emphasis on cover-up, the cover-up has gone on for centuries, not just in the Church….It’s going on today in families, in communities, in societies, Why are you singling out the Church?,” he asked at a press conference in Maynooth today where the Irish Episcopal Conference was concluding its three-day Spring meeting.

“I object to the way the Church is being isolated and the focus on the Church,” he said “We know we’ve made mistakes. Of course we’ve made mistakes but why this huge isolation of the Church and this huge focus on cover-up in the Church when it has been going on for centuries.”

Nasty media. It hurts us precious.

UNFAIR AND UNJUST

Douchebag

2 comments:

Deborah said...

"Could I just say with all this emphasis on cover-up, the cover-up has gone on for centuries, not just in the Church….It’s going on today in families, in communities, in societies, Why are you singling out the Church?,”

Aaaagh!!! Because, fool, the church holds itself out as an arbiter of morality, and a model of holiness and goodness.

Mór Rígan said...

It's almost beyond words. The stupid it burns