The Vatican stonewalls again, some more

The Kansas City Star came out with a terrific opinion column in the last couple days, calling for Bishop Finn to resign and thank goodness, this blog and blogger and many others, along with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priets organization, more importantly, (SNAP) have been calling for his dismissal by his superiors or by his own removal, especially in light of his lack of oversight, at least, in the Shawn Ratigan scandal. All that is well and good but, check this out--the Vatican is doing the same and worse right now, regarding Ireland and the abuse that took place there for at least decades: "The Vatican on Saturday vigorously rejected accusations it had sabotaged efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to police and charged that the Irish prime minister had made an "unfounded" attack against the Holy See. The Vatican issued a 24-page response to the Irish government after Prime Minister Enda Kenny and the Irish parliament publicly denounced the Vatican following the publication in July of a government-mandated investigation into priestly sex abuse in the diocese of Cloyne in southern Ireland. The report found that the Vatican had undermined attempts by Irish bishops to protect children by warning that their policy requiring abuse to be reported to police might violate church law. The Cloyne report, and Kenny's unprecedented dressing down of the Holy See that followed, prompted cheers from Irish Catholics who have grown increasingly disgusted by the colossal scale of priestly sexual abuse and cover-up in Ireland and the Vatican's consistent claim that it bore no blame." So if the Vatican itself sees no harm or use in being pro-active about protecting the members of the church--particularly and especially the children--why would this Bishop Finn see fit to do the right thing, either, and resign? Or why would his superior see fit to dismiss him? It's just more "business as usual" for the "Holy Catholic Church." How disgusting. Once again, it vindicates Sinead O'Connor and her protest on Saturday Night Live, all those years ago, unequivocally. Link to original post: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/09/03/3118396/vatican-rejects-irish-criticism.html