The Saint is not a Saint. Nobel Prize, global recognition, and all her good work notwithstanding, she was tainted with the almost lunatic desire to allow those miserable people whom she took in, to suffer, in order to reflect the suffering of Christ himself. Worse still she viewed suffering as a way to salvation - as if suffering was not the unwanted companion of every human being.
She helped the Church conceal abuse and she took in millions of dollars in the name of those she helped without using it all to benefit them. I knew about this a long time ago from reading the accounts of Stephen Hitchens and several other people who had personally visited with her work in Calcutta but were also too world wise and discerning to be taken in with all that she projected. Very few of course would have believed this. Mother Teresa’s star was too bright on the world stage and Hitchens and company were atheists, seemingly eager to discredit any good a religious person could have done. Or so people would have thought and who could blame them. The star -struck majority always wins. Now the Sky television documentary will shine a light on this closely guarded secret. You can believe what you wish but her little known transgressions against the poor and against the young and innocent abused must weigh in the balance of the obvious good she had done. Thanks to The Goan Voice, we are now able to use the link to the Guardian article and the upcoming documentary which no doubt will be syndicated to TV networks elsewhere. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10778723/A-compelling-new-series-claims-darker-Mother-Teresa.html Roland Toronto.
