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Article: One of the many tragedies of the clerical abuse scandals is the enormous loss of moral authority suffered by the Catholic Church, especially the bishops.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- February 27, 2009
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Our society has been left with no moral compass
One of the many tragedies of the clerical abuse scandals is the enormous loss of moral authority suffered by the Catholic Church, especially the bishops.
Of course, there are those who would happily see the Church disappear off the face of the earth. But every society needs moral leadership and while high-profile individuals here and there offer such leadership, no Irish institution has the moral authority necessary to lead us out of our present crisis.
The trade unions don't. The beating of the tribal drums by the public sector unions amounts to a low-level class war against the bankers and other ...