Thursday, February 18, 2010

Pope Comes To Head on Catholic Abuse Scandals



The NYTimes had a great story on how the Pope is finally stepping up to the plate with allegations that have been brought against the Irish Catholic Church. The allegations in the 700 page Murphy Report claim that "accused church leaders and the police there of covering up decades of child sexual abuse by priests in Dublin." I really think this is a great step towards repairing Catholic interest in an area that still has religious turmoil, in this case Protestant vs Catholicism. Ireland is already an area where the lines of separation of church and state are hard to distinguish, but at least soothing over the woes of the countries major religion could help restore the balance.

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