Hypocrites love a feeding frenzy

NOT so long ago, many of us were clamouring vehemently for the separation of Church and State, resenting the perceived stranglehold of the Church over our lives.

Those of us who did so slated the interference of cardinals and bishops, questioning their right to moralise and tell us what to do.

How strange then is the feeding frenzy which has developed now that a handful of Church leaders face some difficult questions.