Healing the Church: Bishops must be accountable for crisis

Dallas Morning News | Editorials:

"We would like to see the bishops abide by their promise of openness and transparency, but we'll take a pass if the only way they could talk frankly about this catastrophe and their own role in it is away from the public eye."

This editorial reads much like yesterday's titled "Message to the White House: America wants to know more about the war". In both cases, the interest of the leaders (the President's administration and the Church bishops) in suppressing public discussion of the debacles is not aligned with the nation's interest in an open and honest airing of the problems and fixes. Beware a situation where society's interest and the leaders' interest are not aligned.