From Belfast-
The Pope's letter on how senior Catholic clergy in Ireland mishandled cases of clerical child abuse was last night branded as “weak”.
Sunday Mass-goers heard Pope Benedict XVI's words of apology as his pastoral letter was read at Catholic churches in Ireland north and south.
The Pontiff told victims he was truly sorry for their suffering and admitted bishops had made grave errors of judgment in dealing with paedophile priests, but he stopped short of directly addressing well-documented cover-ups by senior clergy.
But as victims gave a mixed response to the Pope's letter, it was criticised by SDLP politician Declan O'Loan who described it as inadequate.
“I read the letter with a growing sense that another important opportunity had not been grasped properly.
“I welcome the apology from the Pope, though even that could have been worded more unambiguously,” he said.
“However, a full consideration of this issue required a thorough analysis of what went wrong and why it went wrong.
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2 comments:
"another important opportunity had not been grasped properly."
Yeah. That's an understatement. The apology was lame and was filled with distractions, diversions and excuses.
The tone should have been "we were very, very wrong and we're very sorry" with no other nonsense about Vatican II and Irish history and whatnot.
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