This Accused Serial Sexual Abuser Is Also a Famous Victim. Why Isn’t That News?
Maybe when someone abused as many children as Widera did, the odds were good he’d eventually find one who was a pedophile himself.
Maybe when someone abused as many children as Widera did, the odds were good he’d eventually find one who was a pedophile himself.
Don’t let the fact that these aren’t your institutions convince you to look away from the scandal. The only way to recognize them at home is to see them plain from a distance.
The contest of which statement, the Pope’s “no comment” or Cupich’s “bigger agenda” is the more tone deaf is a matter of personal perspective. What is becoming increasingly clear is the Vatican has no idea how to handle this present crisis it finds itself in.
The Roman Catholic Church does not need reforming. It needs a reckoning. And it must start at the top. Pope Francis should lead by example, take responsibility, and resign. Now.
This essay is about reading gay porn before class. And it resurrects an Ideological Outrage Of The Day from 2012. And a graphic novel. And striking out romantically. And Richard Dawkins.