Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in Rome (Sant'Uffizio). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Suppose instead that the person at the top decides to ignore the reports, look the other way, and try to sweep the whole thing under the rug. In such a case, we are likely to view him or her as sharing at least some of the blame for the continued bad behavior of his or her subordinates.
Maureen Dowd wrote a good Op-Ed in the New York Times this weekend on the subject of Pope's involvement in concealing child sexual abuse by Catholic priests. It is good to see more and more people speaking out against this man, his church, and the atrocities that continue to surface.
Now we learn the sickening news that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, nicknamed “God’s Rottweiler” when he was the church’s enforcer on matters of faith and sin, ignored repeated warnings and looked away in the case of the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy, a Wisconsin priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys.