National Catholic Reporter:Credibility Gap: Pope Needs to Answer Questions

Credibility gap: Pope needs to answer questions
We now face the largest institutional crisis in centuries, possibly in church history
Mar. 26, 2010
An NCR Editorial

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"The Holy Father needs to directly answer questions, in a credible forum, about his role -- as archbishop of Munich (1977-82), as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1982-2005), and as pope (2005-present) -- in the mismanagement of the clergy sex abuse crisis.
We urge this not primarily as journalists seeking a story, but as Catholics who appreciate that extraordinary circumstances require an extraordinary response. Nothing less than a full, personal and public accounting will begin to address the crisis that is engulfing the worldwide church." It is that serious.