"Pastoral Approach" of Second Vatican Council Led to Homosexual Abuse Crisis
Fr Peter Smith, the former chancellor of Glasgow archdiocese, told the
Catholic Observer, that the reforms of the Second Vatican Council
contributed to the Church’s homosexual abuse crisis. In the 1970s
priests accused of homosexual abuse were not punished but sent for
therapy.
According to Fr Smith the Second Vatican Council “asked us to proceed pastorally” and be “caring for people” instead of the earlier “legalistic” approach.
The same dichotomy is now strongly promoted by Pope Francis in all areas of the Church.
According to Fr Smith the Second Vatican Council “asked us to proceed pastorally” and be “caring for people” instead of the earlier “legalistic” approach.
The same dichotomy is now strongly promoted by Pope Francis in all areas of the Church.
