Antigonish and the faith

What to say about the terrible situation in Antigonish, where a now-retired bishop faces charges of possession of child pornography? Every negative emotion runs through one's mind: anger, frustration, shame, pity, pain...and so on. To read and hear the public's emotion-filled comments raining abuse down on the Church and her priests is to get a small taste of what Christ must have experienced carrying His cross toward Golgotha. What can anyone say that both respects the due process of the law, while acknowledging that police and customs officials have in their hands a computer containing images that send the mind reeling. If there is anything that can be said, the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Antigonish probably comes as close as any to saying it. In recent years, the Feast of the Holy Innocents has come to include the lives of the unborn claimed by abortion. Maybe it's time to expand it further to include children who suffer sexual exploitation. If you think this isn't a problem that exists close to home, take a look at this report from the B.C. Medical Journal.