Archbishop Victor 'Tucho' Fernández's appointment to lead the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) makes a mockery of the zero tolerance policy and papal directives for bishops, and it is an insult to suffering abuse victims.
Bishop Hubbard testified how the priests ‘admitted’ to him they had abused children before he sent them for ‘treatment.’ Many of them were subsequently reassigned to ministry afterwards.
The McCarrick scandal is an international scandal, involving a secret deal between the Vatican and America’s foremost adversary, China, which may include something very much like a gag order against public criticism of its abuses by American clergy.