"we need to have a serious conversation about the whole clerical culture in the Church, secular and religious, East and West.
"Two things have conspired to convince me of the need for such a conversation: First, the unequivocal failure of bishops to grasp the nature of the evil that plagues the Church; Second, the unhealthy docility among the lower ranks of the clergy (especially, though not only, the secular clergy), which has the effect of perpetuating a preference for silence and a mentality of 'going along to get along' throughout the whole clerical body....
"There is no vow of religion, no promise anyone can make to any bishop, that can absolve, curtail, or otherwise bind the person who makes the vow or promise, from his or her duty under the natural moral law — and if you know about grave harm, and know that your superiors (or your fellow clerics) are part of it, you blow the whistle."
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/01/10/clerical-celibacy-and-moral-compromise/
"Two things have conspired to convince me of the need for such a conversation: First, the unequivocal failure of bishops to grasp the nature of the evil that plagues the Church; Second, the unhealthy docility among the lower ranks of the clergy (especially, though not only, the secular clergy), which has the effect of perpetuating a preference for silence and a mentality of 'going along to get along' throughout the whole clerical body....
"There is no vow of religion, no promise anyone can make to any bishop, that can absolve, curtail, or otherwise bind the person who makes the vow or promise, from his or her duty under the natural moral law — and if you know about grave harm, and know that your superiors (or your fellow clerics) are part of it, you blow the whistle."
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/01/10/clerical-celibacy-and-moral-compromise/
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