Interesting how their stories seem to want to position the church as a piece of the solution.  We just didn't know, but now that we do, we can help prevent abuse in the future...

Apologies aplenty of course.  Remorse and accepted responsibility for what happened BEFORE they themselves came...  Statements that we act very differently now...

And above all, no personal accountability for anybody who WAS in power.   Again...   Or still...



Just a bit too facile for my blood...


They speak boldly about the evils of clericalism, about the need for change.   So maybe I'll find it a bit easier to believe the sincerity of these men when they bring about that change, when they commit their lives to bringing about real change in the church.  Something this big means they need to rise above their local duties.  That kind of commitment would Seem to be what's been missing for so long in the church.   ...and why it's unlikely real change is gonna happen in my lifetime...