Cardinal Daniel DiNardo called for conclusive, evidence-based answers to the accusations that Viganò laid out in an 11-page letter, released Saturday, in which he accused Francis of empowering Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and by extension other alleged predator priests, while knowing about the accusations of abuse against him. DiNardo said earlier that he is eager to meet with Francis to gain his approval for a plan to thoroughly investigate the questions raised by allegations against McCarrick and his associates.
“The questions raised deserve answers that are conclusive and based on evidence. Without those answers, innocent men may be tainted by false accusation and the guilty may be left to repeat sins of the past,” DiNardo said in a Monday statement.
A noble intention, Your Eminence.
Here’s the problem: an investigation such as that which you are proposing presupposes the appointment of investigators and prosecutors who MUST BE INDEPENDENT AND FREE of any interference or influence brought to bear upon them by the hierarchy.
Given the fact that Archbishp Vigano has called into critical doubt the integrity of the hierarchy and the Papacy, who will oversee such appointments?
A noble proposal, Your Eminence.
But (in the language of metaphor) you are not suggesting that the foxes investigate other foxes, are you?
A noble intention, Your Eminence.
But who is going to put any faith in an protocol and proceedings overseen by any Conference of Bishops in the world?
Truly, the moment of crisis has arrived for the Church.
Archbishop Vigano’s letter has painted the hierarchy into a corner from which it will find itself difficult, if not impossible, to escape.
That’s the unprecedented crisis Your Eminence’s lame and weak proposal does not reflect in its seriousness or efficacy.
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