What did Cardinal Keith O'Brien do that was so bad? He is alleged to have made inappropriate advances to young men when he was a teacher of priests in the 1980s. But is not a crime to make sexual advances to men over the age of 18. It is not child abuse (despite the best efforts of the press to lump O'Brien together with paedophile priests). Nor is what he is alleged to have done perverted in any way. It can at best be described as stupid – and if everyone in Britain who has ever done something stupid was thrown out of their jobs, the nation would grind to a halt...
Friday, 1 March 2013
Telegraph Blogs; "Secularist democrats should feel ashamed"
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Brendan O'Neill is exactly right.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can tell from here in America, Keith O'Brien has been a good and effective Cardinal. What has happened is a tragedy. And I also give Cardinal O'Brien full credit for his decision to not attend the conclave.
perhaps the whole sorry saga has its roots in a recent liturgical translations, could it be that Frs a, b, c & d wanted the Lord's prayer to be translated as;
ReplyDeleteforgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us by shaming them publicly and lead us not into temptation but ...........
john