←back to thread

First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

(www.cnn.com)
606 points saikatsg | 1 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.24s | source
Show context
nathell ◴[08 May 25 17:41 UTC] No.43928925[source]▶
From [0]:

> Rev. Robert Prevost bears responsibility for allowing former Providence Catholic H.S. President and priest Richard McGrath to stay at the high school amidst sex abuse allegations that dated back to the 1990s.

> That's according to Eduardo Lopez de Casas, a clergy abuse survivor and national vice president of the Chicago-based Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).

[0]: https://willcountygazette.com/stories/671124585-if-he-saw-an...

replies(5): >>43928967 #>>43929081 #>>43929083 #>>43929146 #>>43933681 #
matthewmacleod ◴[08 May 25 17:44 UTC] No.43928967[source]▶
Yes, but find a catholic priest who doesn’t share that responsibility.
replies(2): >>43929023 #>>43929070 #
Boogie_Man ◴[08 May 25 17:46 UTC] No.43929023[source]▶
There are several important American bishops who have made serious strides to protect children. This is an ignorant statement.
replies(3): >>43929270 #>>43929805 #>>43930254 #
1. bitshiftfaced ◴[08 May 25 18:04 UTC] No.43929270[source]▶
I'm just looking at this out of statistical curiosity: of these bishops you mention, were they in a position in the hierarchy that would be subject to this responsibility during the 80s or 90s? They always select popes that have been high up in the hierarchy for a while. Not that they have to select cardinals, but it takes that much to be a cardinal no less.