Repentance with teeth in it by “a good and faithful man” who as bishop failed to report abuser

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Auxiliary Bishop Morneau of Green Bay will withdraw from public ministry, devoting himself to “prayer for all victims and survivors of sexual abuse and . . . corporal works of mercy in reparation for what I failed to do.”

A model for others. one would think.

via National Catholic Reporter

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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