{"id":289455,"date":"2018-08-09T09:13:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=289455"},"modified":"2018-08-09T09:13:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T13:13:18","slug":"something-very-important-is-missing-from-every-statement-issued-by-the-u-s-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2018\/08\/something-very-important-is-missing-from-every-statement-issued-by-the-u-s-bishops\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Something very important is missing from every statement issued by the U.S. bishops…’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A very good observation this morning from Dawn Eden Goldstein:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Something very important is missing from every statement issued by US bishops thus far in the wake of the\u00a0allegations<\/a>\u00a0against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. It is something needed not only for the restoration of the bishops\u2019 credibility but also, and more importantly, for the healing of the Church.<\/p>\n

Given that\u00a0the bishops form a college in continuation of the Apostles\u2019 own<\/a>, they need to take the initiative in summoning themselves, as a body, to public acts of penance for (1) the sins of bishops and all clerics, and (2) those who enabled or failed to act against such wrongdoers.<\/p>\n

It is true that all the faithful need to examine themselves and repent of their role in failing to protect others, whether minors or adults, from clerics who abused their power. But if such repentance is to have its proper effect, leading to reparation and conversion of life, it needs to be modelled by those entrusted with governing the faithful.<\/p>\n

Our shepherds, who\u00a0exempted themselves<\/a>\u00a0from their own charter against abuse, are now a locus of scandal.\u00a0Bishop Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, who was elevated to the episcopate six months ago, recently\u00a0lamented<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthe silence of so many bishops who knew about\u201d McCarrick. And of course the abuse crisis is far broader than those particular allegations.<\/p>\n

The US bishops have the responsibility to show all the members of the Body of Christ what true contrition and reparation looks like. If the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced it was summoning every one of its members to a public act of personal and collegial reparation, the bishops would thereby show they understand that (1) the sins of shepherds have a particularly destructive impact upon the entire Church and (2) if even one bishop is guilty, the entire college owes reparation to God, that He may heal the wound their brother inflicted upon His holy people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more<\/a> <\/strong>on why this is such an important concept\u2014and necessary.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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