{"id":11889,"date":"2018-11-24T20:12:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T02:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=11889"},"modified":"2018-11-24T20:21:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T02:21:38","slug":"cardinal-cupich-please-stay-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2018\/11\/cardinal-cupich-please-stay-home.html","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Cupich, Please stay home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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In (Catholic) news this week:\u00a0 \u201cCupich named to organizing group of Vatican\u2019s February meeting on abuse crisis<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are you asking yourself, as I am, \u201cwhat the frick is this about?\u201d\u00a0 Or even \u201cthis is a frickin\u2019 joke\u201d?<\/p>\n

Or saying to yourself, \u201cthere is no frickin\u2019 way Cupich should be among the anti-abuse meeting organizers\u201d?<\/p>\n

After all, Cupich has not shown himself to have any particular expertise in the subject.\u00a0 He has not set forth a track record of working with victims; if he\u2019s got experience cleaning house, and especially with un-covering cover-ups, he\u2019s done so in obscurity.\u00a0 He\u2019s washed his hands with respect to McCarrick and announced that, gosh, no one knew anything; if he\u2019s called anyone to account over the cover-up of his misdeeds, he has again done so in obscurity.<\/p>\n

Near as I can tell, his appointment is only because of his ability to kiss up to Francis.\u00a0 And Francis\u2019s appointment of kiss-ups rather than people who will make a real difference, only appears to affirm his indifference to fixing the issue as opposed to hoping it goes away and wanting to do the minimum needed to get people to shut up about it.<\/p>\n

Not to mention that Cupich, in an interview<\/a> has said what his objectives are:<\/p>\n

he said the committee is \u201ccommitted to achieving specific outcomes from this meeting that reflect the mind of Pope Francis.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If the meeting has the objective only to rubber-stamp Francis\u2019s plan, then what value is there in it?<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s not forget Cupich\u2019s proposal<\/a> at the fall US bishops\u2019 meeting:<\/p>\n

The Cupich-Wuerl plan would instead send allegations against bishops to be investigated by their metropolitan archbishops, along with archdiocesan review boards. Metropolitans themselves would be investigated by their senior suffragan bishops.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Cupich denies that he collaborated with Wuerl; the CNA stands by its reporting.)<\/p>\n

What a frickin\u2019 joke.\u00a0 Given that the problem all along has been bishops covering up the misdeeds of not just priests but also their \u201cbrother bishops,\u201d what value is there in those same bishops investigating subordinate bishops?\u00a0 Cupich says that the issue is clericalism, but proposes reinforcing it.\u00a0 Why on earth would bishops do any better a job about confronting other bishops engaged in misconduct, just because it\u2019s officially made into their duty to do so, than when it was \u2014 well, still their duty as human beings?<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s not forget that not only has Cupich said that these issues<\/a> (namely, Vigano\u2019s accusations that McCarrick\u2019s misconduct was known) are low-priority, and environmentalism and migration are more important, but he then, despite his lofty calls to combat \u201cclericalism,\u201d he engaged in clericalism of the worst sort<\/a> by asserting his power and looking out for his reputation above all else by demanding all parishes read a letter denouncing a reporter who cast him in an unfavorable light (and later apologized for his initial statements but never for his subsequent actions).<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, near as I can tell, he really shouldn\u2019t be a bishop, if his priorities lie in such political issues as environmental regulations and immigration support\/amnesty.\u00a0 He can head up Catholic Charities or serve in some similar fashion if his focus is these sorts of secular priorities rather than ministry.<\/p>\n

And for him to be headed to the Vatican indicates that this isn\u2019t really particularly important to the Pope, that he wants to paper over things.<\/p>\n

And I am not accusing the Cardinal of having engaged in any sort of cover up.\u00a0 I am not aware of any such actions.\u00a0 So far as I can tell, he is being honest when he says that the system in place in the Archdiocese of Chicago works to prevent and uncover such abuse to as great a degree as is reasonably possible.\u00a0 And yes, longtime readers will know that my larger beef is with Cupich being more concerned about these political causes \u2014 immigration, gun violence, etc. \u2014 than the spiritual well-being of the Catholic Church and Catholics in his diocese, and the only connection we suburbanites have with him is when we listen to his recorded voice asking for money or see him on the news speaking about politics.<\/p>\n

My objection is simply that he doesn\u2019t belong on this committee.\u00a0 If, indeed, the Cardinal is well-meaning, then he should acknowledge that, and should step aside in favor of someone with some actual expertise.\u00a0 If not, then his objective is questionable:\u00a0 is it to fix these problems or is it to boost his own prestige and power within the hierarchy?<\/p>\n

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In (Catholic) news this week:\u00a0 \u201cCupich named to organizing group of Vatican\u2019s February meeting on abuse crisis.\u201d Are you asking yourself, as I am, \u201cwhat the frick is this about?\u201d\u00a0 Or even \u201cthis is a frickin\u2019 joke\u201d? Or saying to yourself, \u201cthere is no frickin\u2019 way Cupich should be among the anti-abuse meeting organizers\u201d? After […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":6383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-11889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archbishop-cupich"],"yoast_head":"\nCardinal Cupich, Please stay home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In (Catholic) news this week:\u00a0 "Cupich named to organizing group of Vatican's February meeting on abuse crisis." 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