Colored me shocked but Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles did not mess this up. I have always said making him the point man on this issue was huge mistake because:
1. Fairly or unfairer is viewed as not handling the sexual abuse scandal well in California. So right out of the box you are turning off some Catholics and good number of the public at large.
2.Among lets say "conservative" theological bent Catholics he is viewed as bad news( fairly or unfairly). So right of the box you are turning them off.
3. When he does speak the press reports some of his most bomb throwing comments he makes which tends to give a incomplete picture of the Church's viewpoint on this hot issue.
For all those reasons I was hoping and praying that Cardinal Dinardo from Houston would be the more public face because he has none of the above problems.
However here via this Arizona Catholic Newspaper we see a calm reasoned postion that gives a fuller picture. I hope this continues.
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