Only a coward would blame the victim. He didn’t make his wife look like a fool. Most people are mature enough to realize the sin was his, and no reflection on his wife.
Hiding in a dark booth, *confessing* it to a priest, and getting a slap on the wrist, a few trips around the rosary, a few Hail Mary’s and Our Father’s and you’re good to go, is nothing compared to the courage that it takes to admit sin in front of a group of people.
He now has accountability which private confession to a priest does not offer.
You are wrong on all counts. I hope you never have to experience anything like this.
Frankly I see both your's and verga's arguments clearly. On the one hand if the congregation was sinned against given this man was a bishop, they needed to hear it. On the other hand the one person who was wronged was the wife and a personal confession to her and the elders (church lay leaders) may be in order. Then again maybe verga and I are men of "old cloth" in this meaning we were raised to be gentlemen and to spare a lady's honor and feelings.
The bishop had his reasons and he confessed the way he was led too. I will leave it at that.