"Arrogant, Corrupt, Secretive-the Catholic Church Failed to tackle Evil" Article in the Guardian by Fintan O'Toole

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/21/pope-benedict-xvi-catholicism

"Arrogant, corrupt, secretive – the Catholic church failed to tackle evil"
The Catholic church is finally losing its rearguard action
by Fintan O'Toole

"Both in Ireland and worldwide, the institution's all-male leadership refuses to face the fact that its own existence is at the heart of the problem. A closed system of authority in which democracy is a dirty word, secrecy is a virtue and unaccountable individuals combine spiritual prestige and temporal power is a breeding ground for abuse and cover-up..."

Fintan O'Toole provides us with an excellent analysis. His argument demostrates once again that absolute power corrupts absolutlely.
The worst failure of the Vatican, including Pope Benedict, is the failure to address the church's abuse of spiritual power. The global sex abuse crisis would make Jesus weep.
Bridget Mary Meehan, RCWP