Though the recent clerical abuse scandal that has broken in Germany and Ireland is once again wrenching the hearts of Catholics worldwide, the ramifications do not extend to the papacy--as the recent New York Times article has heinously alleged. I find the whole situation (and by that, I mean all of it) terribly nauseating, but Raymond De Souza's response to the NYT article reveals another dimension of the tragedy: the scurrilous character of the reporting. I would insist that anyone who has read the NYT article or heard it discussed read over De Souza's response immediately.
I think it's clear that the press isn't just getting things wrong here and there; they're getting it completely backwards.
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