[Polycarp]

he will seek neither criminal prosecution nor Vatican action against bishops who cover up sexual abuse of minors by priests. Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Catholic, says the new national review board he heads will rely on public outrage to force change in the church.

Then why do we need Keating?!? We already have public outrage!

[Siobhan]

Ugh...........ping

[american colleen]

This sounds like the old adage about March - it comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb...

But in an interview in his statehouse office Friday, Keating said it will be the job of the local review panels, appointed by bishops, to investigate allegations of negligence or obstruction of justice by those same bishops. While boards will not seek criminal prosecution, he hopes they will cooperate with prosecutors.

All this circular reasoning because the Bishops couldn't do what Men of God would have done. Pitiful.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Why, why, why, why ..........????????????

This is insane.

[american colleen]

Then why do we need Keating?!? We already have public outrage!

< tinfoil hat> It seems he was "gotten" to... < /tinfoil hat>

[sinkspur]

Then why do we need Keating?!? We already have public outrage!

You need Keating because you don't have a megaphone.

Keating has the backing of the bishops themselves.

They won't listen to you. Keating's got media contacts, media savvy, and is relentless.

[sitetest]

Dear Polycarp,

"Then why do we need Keating?!? We already have public outrage!"

We have outrage, but not a focal point for that outrage. Perhaps Gov. Keating may allow himself to become that focal point.

Remember that within the Church, Mr. Keating can be given no formal standing, no formal power. He serves at the sufferance of the bishops. Any power you or I may think he has within the Church is illusory. His only power is that of public opinion.

Perhaps we ought to be thinking of ways of cooperating with him, and enhancing the only power he really has.

sitetest