November 30, 2023 There are theological implications of the abuse crisis that can’t be ignored. It is so devastating precisely because the Roman Catholic Church teaches that priest represent Christ. Priests acquire an “indelible mark” at ordination. Priests are “ontologically superior”, and bishops even more so. Bishops can “take the place of Christ himself”. (CCCContinue reading “The Abuse Crisis in the Roman Catholic Church: Scholastic Theology Versus the Words of Jesus”