Church's Rep 'Shredded' by Sex Abuse: Bishop
Bishop Daniel Conlon, in addressing staff members who oversee child protection policies, said the church's reputation is almost as bad as it was during the Reformation.
The Catholic Church's failure to address and fix the widespread problem of sexual abuse in its ranks has left the reputation of its hierarchy "shredded," Diocese of Joliet Bishop Daniel Conlon told staffers. Conlon, who chaired the bishops' Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People, said it was an "illusion" to believe the church could repair its credibility by implementing new policies on child protection while doing "some decent publicity." Conlon was quoted in a speech he gave in August to a conference of staffers who oversee child safety programs in American dioceses in an article in the Aug. 30 edition of Origins, according to the Religion News Service. The situation is akin to the Reformation, when "the episcopacy, …
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Mike Schauer
8:50 am on Thursday, September 6, 2012
"worst news reporting, I have ever seen" Give me a break. Apologists for the sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church,just don't seem to get. They act like the Church is the victim here. Just like the Penn St. scandal,the only victims are the children who were raped and molested by the Catholic Church and it's priests. Bishop Conlon seems to see the real picture here. The Church's … more ›