If Satan were ever to consider deploying a PR strategy to gloss over
all his crimes and misdemeanours he could do worse than contact one of
his oldest adversaries, the Catholic church in Scotland.
For more than two decades now, the church has been revealed to have been exhibiting behaviours and conduct that would have led to a full public inquiry and suspension of its activities pending the outcome. Yet, following decades of child sex abuse by several of its priests, and subsequent cover-up by its hierarchy, it has managed to escape proper scrutiny and any degree of accountability. I suppose we should all be grateful for the McLellan report into safeguarding practices in the Catholic church that was published last month; it reminded us what a whitewash looks like.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/06/catholic-church-scotland-sexual-abuse-mclellan-report
For more than two decades now, the church has been revealed to have been exhibiting behaviours and conduct that would have led to a full public inquiry and suspension of its activities pending the outcome. Yet, following decades of child sex abuse by several of its priests, and subsequent cover-up by its hierarchy, it has managed to escape proper scrutiny and any degree of accountability. I suppose we should all be grateful for the McLellan report into safeguarding practices in the Catholic church that was published last month; it reminded us what a whitewash looks like.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/06/catholic-church-scotland-sexual-abuse-mclellan-report
