Dear Sisters and Brothers   The last time I addressed you on safeguarding matters was mid-February, in the wake of news stories about abuse at the Marist College here in Largs. At the time, I said that I would address you again on the Meeting on abuse that was to...

The darkness that covered the earth at the time of the Lord’s passing seems to have been covering the Church for the past generation or more, at least when it comes to the question of abuse. And as we open our newspapers, phones or tablets each day, it seems that...