The Church’s leaders can’t hold a candle to the survivors of abuse

Who would ever, in any sense, regard the lighting of a candle as an act of atonement or reparation? asks Fergus Finlay.

The Church’s leaders can’t hold a candle to the survivors of abuse
Tue, 26 Feb, 2019 - 00:00
Fergus Finlay

Who would ever, in any sense, regard the lighting of a candle as an act of atonement or reparation? asks Fergus Finlay.

MEDIOCRITY, hypocrisy, and complacency. They’re not my words, they’re the words of a Nigerian nun. And who was she talking about? The princes of her Church, that’s who.

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