And dear Dr. Anil Desai,
You have forgotten the home-grown case of Fr. Newton of Ribandar, who has
managed to drag the Archbishop of Goa to the witness stand.
:-)
Cheers
floriano
GRA/GSRP
----- Original Message -----
From: "anil desai" <[email protected]>
To: "goanet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 5:30 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Moral responsibility of those in the government
Soter wrote:
Pope Benedict concluded: "May the Virgin Mary help us, with God's grace,
to
make our own consciences open to truth and sensitive to justice, in order
to
serve the Kingdom of God".
Response:
I wonder what the abused children from several countries, atrocities
against
whom were condoned/ hidden from authorities by catholic clergy, will make
of this? Vatican had to recall it's ambassador to Ireland within the last
few days after serious criticism of the Catholic church by Irish prime
minister. It has also been reported from Germany last week that the church
authorities in Germany have agreed to give access to police of all the
info
that church authorities hold on clergy who have been child abusers. One
would have thought these guys would have listened to Pope Benedict and
'made
their consciences open to truth and sensitive to justice' long time back.
Then there is the case in Australia of orphans that is unravelling.
Anil Desai
