Among the odd notes in B16’s letter on sex abuse crisis is where he offers an excursus on the proper reading of Mk 9:42 (better if a great millstone): not about innocent children, but protecting the faithful from the “intellectual arrogance of those who think they are clever.”
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Implication that he still thinks the greatest danger and source of scandal for the church comes from the nuns and theologians he investigated and silenced as head of the CDF.

Apr 11, 2019 · 6:33 PM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
This stuff is way above my head, but if ever there was a case of evil just being evil, child abuse and subsequent cover up is it.
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