Waiting for Godot to Leave

Not long ago I asked, "What would you do?" regarding a predator priest in the archdiocese of St. Paul, who had a long history of sexual misconduct with teen aged boys and who kept a camper on the parking lot of his parish, where he eventually molested two boys who were not yet teens.  Nobody told me what they would do, but Archbishop Nienstadt did nothing.   For this he was praised by conservative Catholics. Well, there's another scandal in St. Paul, and you can read about it in detail at the Minnesota Public Radio site ... but let me summarize it for you. While a transitional deacon waiting to be ordained to the priesthood, Jon Shelley caught the attention of counselors at a retreat center, who noted that he had trouble keeping proper boundaries with boys, and "wrestled" with some of them in a swimming pool. After being ordained, Fr. Shelley allowed an 18-year-old boy to live in the rectory with him at one point. Thousands of gay pornograp...

The other day, I referenced an article by Minnesota Public Radio  in my post What Would You Do?  regarding one of the most mishandled cases of abusing clergy since Bishop Finn and Father Ratigan . And Bill Donohue has stepped into the fray, going so far as to giving "Kudos to Archbishop Nienstedt", the man who must take the administrative blame for the sexual abuse of two boys by Fr. Curtis Wehmeyer.  Kudos indeed. Donohue's legalistic defense of the indefensible can be read here . The best thing to be said for it is that it's short.  And he ends with a pointed challenge, which I will be so bold as to answer.  Or attempt to answer. Donohue says ... The burden is on those who disagree to say exactly what should be done in instances where there are no complainants. Well, there were complaints in the Wehmeyer case, as anyone reading the MPR article will see, but Donohue plays fast and loose with the facts.  This is his M.O. But he has pointed o...