CGF on the AoC's independent investigation report

David of C-L-S posts his thoughts on the recent publication of the Archdiocese of Chicago's self-study regarding issues of clergy sexual abuse:

"...Cardinal George released a statement on the status of the investigation as to what went wrong in the Fr. MacCormack case. The Cardinal’s letter was accompanied by a letter from his Chancellor, Jimmy Lago and a public release of the entire report of an independent investigation done by Dallas based investigators, Defenbaugh and Associates. The report appears scathing on the surface but it also makes it clear that it focused only on what went wrong. That is, it identifies solely the problems found and does not try to contextualize these problems into an overall assessment of the program."

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We should continue to pray for Cardinal George and everyone in the Archdiocese of Chicago.