[Catholic Caucus] The US Bishops Promote a Protégé to the Rapist Theodore McCarrick

The American Spectator ^ | November 26, 2022 | George Neumayr

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[Catholic Caucus] The US Bishops Promote a Protégé to the Rapist Theodore McCarrick

Richmond Bishop Barry Knestout will head up of all things the bishops’ child protection committee.

It is impossible to overstate the tone-deafness of America’s Catholic bishops in recent years. They seem determined to give the Catholic Church a black eye. The Theodore McCarrick scandal — he was a prominent cardinal in Washington, D.C., who preyed on boys, seminarians, and priests in plain sight for decades — marks one of the lowest points in the history of the Church. In light of that, wouldn’t the bishops want to avoid any and all associations with McCarrick’s memory? Moreover, is it really too much for the faithful to expect his cronies and protégés (whom McCarrick called his “nephews”) to disappear from positions of power?

Since this Knestout matter has received little attention from the media and ecclesiastical bigwigs, the bishops can cynically slide on it.

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It sounds trite but I believe it’s true. “The devil made them do it.”