Well said George!!! Regards,
Marshall *Roland, you have not put on your Papal hat. You are thinking like a good moral person but not like the Pope in these circumstances. Never mind that this Pope (or any Pope) does not want to be remembered as the Pope who presided over the Church's bankruptcy and his self-interest in not wanting to be part of that outcome. Never mind too that he might be upset his Papacy is consumed by this issue - the rape of children by male clergy, none of which was his doing. He is Pope for all the "flock" of 1.2 billion.?Think like a Pope. You want to do the right thing, but you do not want 1.2 billion people to pay for the sins of a few, especially due to USA courts where the financial judgments can bankrupt your church. You know that if bankruptcy occurs, you need to sell your Catholic schools and hospitals who millions around the world depend on (even the anti-Catholic brigade hypocritically use Catholic schools and hospitals). You also have to sell parishes too, to pay the sex abuse claims. On the one hand, you want the animals who committed these crimes (and those who covered for them) to pay the price and give financial restitution to the innocent victims. On the other hand you do not want an entire institution to pay the price for less than 2% of priests who are guilty.? And you realize there are powerful forces who want to end religion and will use any issue (in this case the rape of children) towards their goals, some of whom could not care less about the rape of children but are committed t* *o their anti-religion agenda.Keep thinking ... and while you are at it, a bonus? - put on your Theresa May Brexit hat and figure out a solution.? So many think the answers are easy.George *