Libido Redux: Told Ya

In 2015 I wrote of

....a direct correlation between a failure to uphold and live the Church’s sexual moral teaching and the present phenomenon of the sexual abuse of minors by homosexual Catholic priests and inattentive bishops running interference for them. I will never understand how one could fail to see this as anything other than the fruits of a protracted failure to uphold and live the Church’s sexual moral teaching in the United States since Vatican II.

-The Smoke of Satan In the Temple of God

The former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, has written a letter alleging systematic coverup of the disordered and abusive behavior of the former Archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, who has resigned from the College of Cardinals and awaits canonical trial on charges he molested at least one minor. Since that charge became public on June 20^th, other accusers have come forward, some of them alleging they suffered abuse in seminary or as priests, while at least one other accuser — the first person McCarrick baptized as a priest — alleges his abuse began when he was aged 11 years.

The Holy Father has told the media he’s ‘not going to say a word’ about McCarrick cover-up...

The Vigano Letter has ignited a media firestorm, and naturally one wishes to know of one's own bishop's response to the alleged scandal.

If one needs to familiarize oneself with the news, and is short on time, here is the National Catholic Register:

My take on all of this? I set it down in my book:

That our world needs to turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, and receive forgiveness of sins is evident by “the abyss of ever-new atrocities:” worldwide racial and ethnic hate which increases wars of unthinkable, often genocidal violent cruelty; children who, if they are allowed to be born live in danger of abuse and violence, at times even in their homes; large urban streets serving as dormitories for the homeless; human insecurities and depression leading to escapism in drug use and even suicide; global poverty and pollution, over-consumption, and crime; popular loss of faith in global leaders; and scandals in business, government, and the Church. I am sure the reader could add his or her own to this list, and the age-old question is: what is the solution? Who may one trust to provide the solution that may be believed? Jesus Christ, God the Son, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

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