Posted on 11/14/2014 3:02:05 PM PST by marshmallow
Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley has told the CBS television program “60 Minutes” that the status of Kansas City’s Bishop Robert Finn-- who has been convicted of endangering children because of his failure to report abuse charges—is “a question that the Holy See needs to address urgently.”
Cardinal O’Malley, who heads a new Vatican commission on abuse, nodded silently when “60 Minutes” correspondent Norah O’Donnell remarked that Bishop Finn would not be allowed to teach religious-education classes under the rules of the Boston archdiocese. The cardinal said that Pope Francis is keenly aware of the problem.
Speaking about the work of his commission, the cardinal said:
One of the first things that came up was the importance of accountability, and we’re looking at how the Church can have protocols on how to respond when a bishop has not been responsible for protection of children in his diocese.
In September the National Catholic Reporter disclosed that the Vatican has conducted an apostolic visitation of Bishop Finn’s diocese, led by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa. The results of that inquiry have not been disclosed.
The “60 Minutes” interview with Cardinal O’Malley is scheduled to air on November 16. The network has made an excerpt from that program available online.
In the interview, Cardinal O’Malley also comments on the Vatican’s inquiry into the work of American women’s religious orders, saying that it was “a disaster.”
Deniability is not the issue. Presiding at the Mass means he fully endorses abortion. If he had any objection to abortion, he wouldn’t allow a funeral for a baby-murderer. His god is the Democrat party.
The hypocrite "nods silently". O'Malley allows the lavender mafia free rein to corrupt the sheep in his own back yard. Appears to be another case of the fox guarding the chicken coop.
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Boston pastor praised by Cardinal O’Malley puts Holy Family on par with homosexual couples
The pastor of St. Catherine of Siena parish in Norwood, MA, Msgr. Paul Garrity, published a letter in his bulletin last weekend that puts the Holy Family at parity with families that have two mothers and two fathers. Incidentally, Cardinal O’Malley had commended this same pastor months earlier for his focus on promoting Catholic education. This is yet another example of the ongoing problem of Cardinal O’Malley and his senior staff coddling pastors who promote homosexuality.
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