Like I have been telling Melvin, his spouse and anyone else that would listen to me: Cardinal Wuerl is lying when he says that he knew nothing about Cardinal McCarrick.
Well, it seems that he knew as early as 2004 about McCarrick.
Seems the spin is because he knew nothing about he payout, he is still in the clear.
Time to stop the lies and time to come clean!
Recently, Cardinal Wuerl announced the First Synod
of the Archdiocese of Washington. Most people in the Archdiocese probably
said: "Oh, that is nice." and went back to drinking their coffee, etc.
I
can understand that. For most Catholics, it is something that will immediately
impact only a small number of Catholics in the Archdiocese, provided they understood what it is.
What they did not notice, was that
this is a plan for the FUTURE. Not one or two years down the road, but the plan which will
guide the Archdiocese of many years.
To that end, as you may have read or maybe even participated in,
"listening sessions" (oh, how I hate that phrase), in your local parish. These
sessions, are to take a "pulse" of parish life and then report them to the
Archdiocese. (I participated in my parish event, but more on that at another
time).
However, what one of my
regular readers pointed out to me, and I am sad to say that I did not think of
this, was that this may be setting the stage for the closing of
parishes.
Think about it.
You take the "temperature" of the
various parishes to see how things are going. Combine it with the closing of
Catholic schools over the last few years and a smaller number of priests for the next few years. Then add to that the financial picture of the Archdiocese and
parishes (a number of which are not in good shape) and you have a ready made
opportunity to consolidate.
Remember, Cardinal Wuerl did close a number of
parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Before he retires in a few years, it
would be good to get the Archdiocese house in order, before the new guy comes
along. Save him a lot of grief.
Now, we will not know this for at least another one to two
years, but it is something to look out for in the future.
What do you think?
http://site.adw.org/pdfs/ADW-Synod-Letter-and-Decree.pdf
A reader forwarded this to me. I do not know if it is true or not, but I thought I would share it with you...Did Donald Wuerl cooperate with the Archdiocese of Boston and permit known pedophiles to enter or remain in the Pittsburgh Diocese? If so, were other pedophiles admitted to Serra Catholic High School and other Catholic institutions? Was it Headmaster Sysol’s job to keep an eye on Brother Ghastin and possibly other pedophile clergy from Boston? Knowing what we know now about the Archdiocese of Boston clergy abuse scandal, anything is possible.For more, click here.Update (5:50pm): One of my regular readers sent me a comment but I do not believe I can post all of it. So, I am posting only the first paragraph. If he/she give permission to post all, I will. I agree with these comments completely because in many instances, our bishops were lead to believe that if you took them out of the situation, they would change. We have now learned the lesson the hard way that moving only causes widespread damage:Very sad story. One thing that I would like to see investigated and brought to light is that the psychologists and psychiatrists at the institutions that were dealing with these offending priests (most cases were not pedophilia because the victims were post-pubescent) recommended that the offenders were given positions of trust in order to rebuild their self-esteem. Yes, it was the recommendation of the mental health professionals that resulted in the quiet shuffling of abusers. Unfortunately, when the Archdiocese of Washington wanted to show these records during the abuse trials a few years ago, the hospitals immediately sent their army of lawyers and the records were kept sealed under doctor-patient confidentiality rules. In the end, those who were ultimately responsible for the cover up, were left scott free. This is the case in Washington and I don't know the details on Boston or Pittsburgh but I would not be surprised if they are similar.
