Ballsy Priest Calls For Pope’s Resignation
The Rev. James Scahill of St. Michael’s Church in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts has done something that few in the the Catholic church have had the balls to do, namely calling for the pope to resign over the church’s sexual abuse scandal.
As the scandal enveloping Pope Benedict XVI and his “accommodations” for a priest accused of child sex abuse thirty years ago refuses to die down, one might expect that more than one priest might be speaking out and calling the Pope on his “accommodations” for accused child-molesting priests.
Don’t hold your breath…
And don’t expect Reverend Scahill’s sermon on Divine Mercy Sunday to escape the notice of the folks in Rome.
Especially when Scahill said things such as, “If he can’t take the consequences of being truthful on this matter, his integrity should lead him, for the good of the church, to step down and to have the conclave of cardinals elect a pope with the understanding that the elected pope would be willing to take on this issue, not just in promise.”
Wonder if Pope Benedict XVI will be as “accommodating” of one ballsy priest with a knack for stating the obvious as he was for an accused child molester?
Don’t count on it…
Read it at Priest calls for pope’s resignation and watch for changes at St. Michael’s Church.