Adding to ‘this great darkness’
Jason jsipe on October 29, 2007 The Oregonian
Sunday, October 28, 2007
The Portland Archdiocese has lost its mind.
As if determined to prove it has learned nothing from past sins, and those of its priests, the archdiocese is demanding that a new group claiming to be victims of clergy abuse should be compelled to abandon their pseudonyms and go public with their identities.
Only last June, Catholic Archbishop John Vlazny apologized for the burdens carried by “the victims of sexual abuse” and conceded, “By our reluctance to bring light to this great darkness, we as a people have sinned.”
The time for penance and reconciliation, apparently, has ended. This legal maneuver is an exasperating move to bully these plaintiffs and intimidate future ones.
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