Being a leader in the Vatican means never having to say you're sorry

[the_archfiend]

Judging by actions taken by the Vatican over the last few weeks, they've learned absolutely nothing new about dealing with the growing sex abuse scandal. First, there was their typical knee-jerk reaction concerning police raids in Belgium on the palaces of the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and the home of a retired previous Archbishop; and now, a Cardinal who was a public critic of the cover-up just got thrown under the bus by Pope Benedict when his criticism of a former Vatican secretary of state hit too close to home.

Again, my question is this: when does the Vatican finally come around to the stunningly modern idea that priests who engage in sexual abuse are just as eligible for prosecution as anyone else who gets caught engaging in such a heinous crime?

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[savageparrot.livejournal.com]

It also means you never having to admit you are wrong. It's a sweet gig.

[the-archfiend.livejournal.com]

Ir *used* to mean never having to admit you're wrong. The raids in Belgium have hopefully put an end to that sort of impunity, but knowing the colossal stink the Vatican has made about this and other criminal and civil cases in the past (and their ongoing efforts to shield active pedohphiles in the Church by "rotating" them into new dioceses), who knows?