Religion must remain separate from the State
Indeed, it would be imprudent and irresponsible of the State to allow the affairs of the Church to be a matter only for the Church, especially in the light of recent events.
The State has a duty to maintain surveillance on the activities of the Church and its officers. Failure to do so in the past led to grave abuses of the vulnerable going unnoticed and, worse, uninvestigated. The Catholic Church, however, has no more rights to access to the State than, as has been said, a golf club.
