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OK. I finished reading the letter. It makes it's point. The allegations are not in themselves proofs, but look to be more like indictments. They are not trial judge and jury, but a sort of grand jury. They have referred the matter to the bishops.I tend to really respect Jimmy Akin. On this one I have to read the whole letter first. Sorry Jimmy. No disrespect intended.
Something's gotta happen. Best would be for pope Francis to finally figure out the scandal he has caused, to clarify the odd things he has said, and to begin to govern like a faithful Catholic, and to promote people like archbishop Chaput rather than the sort of folks he has been promoting.
So this is a totally avoidable totally unneeded, totally unwarranted crisis that pope Francis had the power to avoid with one word per question of the dubia? Frustrating. What good does it serve?And it would have avoided all of this.
And it's not just him.The whole McCarrick thing is just plain uncomfortable.
The signers will be drummed out of every position they hold. It's not a surprise that many will close ranks and protect the incumbent in power. That's just natural for any bureaucracy.