...just as a penalty for being stupid.
OK, I shouldn't say that I guess. It being all un-Christian and all. But I am wading through the aformentioned PA Attorney's report and sometimes all I can think is "ARE YOU STUPID?!!!" and "YOU OUTTA GO TO JAIL JUST FOR STUPID!!!"
One that really chaps me is where you see copies of letters and notes that include references to knowing how violent one particular priest could be. AND YOU LEFT HIM IN MINISTRY ARE YOU STUPID?! Comments about other priests being afraid to work with him because he could be violent. AND YOU LEFT HIM IN MINISTRY ARE YOU STUPID?! Robot was running around waving his arms and yelling "Danger! Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!" even before sex abuse allegations AND YOU LEFT HIM IN MINISTRY ARE YOU STUPID?!
You'd think that a pricey psychiatrist/psychologist would recognize a sociopath. But apparently not. You'd think about the umpteenth time someone got SENT to a psychiatrist/psychologist that the boss would figure out he was permanently broken. But apparently not.
There are about 5,100 bishops in the world, and more than 414,000 priests. Because some of them have been corrupt, or incompetent, or just plain stupid, they are ALL going to be condemned in the eyes of many. And that's just one of the many tragedies that have been caused by the corruption, the incompetence, the stupidity of a few.
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