A letter from Rome - Apologies no longer sufficient

POPE BENEDICT’S pastoral letter will be released today. Whether it will mark an ending or a beginning remains to be seen.

It is not known if he will go beyond his December response to the Murphy report, in which he said he felt “outrage, betrayal and shame” over the handling of allegations of child sex abuse in the Dublin archdiocese. However, it will be very disappointing if he does not.

Much, much more than an apology is required.