After listening to the original soundbite clip, I wondered just how the Cardinal Cupich could be so clueless. However, having just listened to the full four-minute clip, I think that the soundbite clip makes the cardinal’s response seem worse than it really was in full context. In full context, the cardinal comes across as a run-of-the-mill progressive social justice Catholic who does not believe the Vigano allegations, not a lavender bishop predisposed to cover up unspeakably horrific sexual misconduct.
During the full four-minute clip, he does call for an independent investigation. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cardinal-cupich-interview-questions-cardinal-mccarrick-allegations-491926591.html It’s worth listening to all of the raw interview clips at this site.
I’m not RC and I don’t keep up with church politics. So, I have never heard of Cupich before. This assessment is based only on the tv interview and the recognition that it is not entirely unreasonable at this point to be skeptical of Vigano’s allegations.
Cupich is as tone deaf as the planners of Aretha Franklin’s funeral.
Remember that it has been prophesied by Cardinal George that Cupich would die in jail.