Why David (and I) support Cardinal George

David of Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex recently posted on why he supports Cardinal George. I agree with his observations and am posting the entirety of his comments below:

Most have probably heard about the report issued by the independent investigators in the wake of the Father MacCormack tragedy in Chicago. You can see my thoughts on it over at the Cardinal George Fan Club.

However, in sum I would say that I continue to be impressed by Cardinal George. I don’t have all of the facts so I cannot say that I would have agreed with every one of his decisions that contributed to this problem, though from a prima facia perspective I cannot find any I would consider negligent. Nevertheless, this is what I find impressive:

• He has clearly explained, all along, what went into his decision making
• He has admitted that some decisions were wrong and apologized (though it is clear that the wrong decisions only become apparent in hindsight)
• He has taken full responsibility for the mistakes
• He immediately hired independent investigators to find out what went wrong (and they pulled no punches)
• [H]e released the full report and then met with the public to take his medicine like a real man, a real father
• He has all along visibly shown the care and concern he has for those who have suffered from this tragedy
• He has over and over again pledged to correct the mistakes that allowed this to happen; committing himself to implementing all of the reports recommendations

Cardinal George has my trust. He may have made mistakes, which probably have more to do with placing his trust in the wrong people than anything else, but I do not think Chicago could hope for a better Shepherd. I still support the Cardinal and I am sure many in Chicago do as well.