"Circling the wagons," Canadian Catholic style!


"Msgr. Bernard Prince continued for more than a decade in a prestigious Vatican post after...

"...two cardinals, and perhaps five other bishops, knew...

"... he had been credibly accused of homosexual abuse..."


"Circling the wagons," Canadian Catholic style!


"[H]e always invited young people, especially boys, to come down to [his Canadian hometown] cottage to go swimming....

"Most often in public, Prince would wear casual clothes...

"When news first broke about the allegations in 2006, for the most part the [Canadian rural] community supported Prince and questioned the validity of the charges..."

These snippets are from Jeff Ziegler's report in The Catholic World Report, July 2010.


Finally, we are told:


"[T]he victim told CWR, When news first broke about the allegations in 2006, for the most part the community supported Prince and questioned the validity of the charges. As the investigation continued and Prince's subsequent guilty pleas and prison sentence [followed] in 2008, there was a noticeable change in the community's attitude ... Many older residents, who had proudly placed [a picture] of Prince and Pope John Paul II in their homes, removed that picture and in many cases, burnt it..."

Well??!! :)

Humm ... I guess you might say that:

Unlike Saint Mary Magdalene's Catholic Parish right here in Brackettville, Texas 78832 -- whether 15 years ago or for that matter right here and right now, since sex & money scandals are oftentimes two sides of the same coin -- those good Canadian Catholic people finally woke up... :)