Yes, Ryan St whatever.
And, of course, the ICK affair.
My point is that it is really NOT a separate issue. Once it is clear that he could be bamboozled, he should have made it a firm policy. ONE strike, ok. Two? Three????
In fact, the Catholic Conference/Wisconsin should hire that FBI retiree for all the Dioceses and split the cost. Join a couple of the Internet background-check boards (pay some moneys) and--really--that ought to be required by their casualty (D&O) policy provider...
Dear ninenot,
No, it's two issues. Archbishop Burke may be delinquent in this or that way, but the homosexual rag lied about him. The "facts" presented didn't add up to the truth.
It seems that the homosexual rag in question is taking its journalistic cues from the National Catholic Regurgitator. Fortunately for the homosexual rag, it has some distance to fall before it reaches that dismal level.
But your point is well taken, that separately from the issue of the truth of the article, Archbishop Burke may need to adopt policies and procedures to protect him from these problems. I suspect that he is a better soul than most, and perhaps finds it difficult to believe evil of people, especially when he meets them in person. Not every good and decent person is also shrewd and cunning. In fact, often the opposite is the case; our Lord assured us of this.
We must redouble our prayers for our good bishops, and pray that God will send us more, and men who are not only good and decent, but shrewd and wise, too.
sitetest
Thanks for your diligence on this thread. It got WAY off the path I originally set for it (see post 1, that no one ever replied to) but they would not pull it for me. Sheesh! Shows you how a bad piece of journalism can really get blown out of porportion. Keep up the good works. Mae culpa.