Scottish Catholic Bishop to EU Leaders: Speak out When Vatican Says Something 'Stupid'

April 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishop of Aberdeen, in Scotland went on the attack on Friday, telling the EUobserver that EU leaders should speak out whenever the Vatican said something “stupid.”

Bishop Peter Moran, the bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland was reacting to comments made by the Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone, who told a press conference in Chile earlier this month that the sex abuse scandals among the clergy are more the result of homosexuality in the priesthood, not pedophilia or the discipline of priestly celibacy.

Moran told the EU Observer, “I would not like to think that there is any exaggerated deference by Christian leaders in Europe toward the Church authorities today. To put it very simply, if the Church says something that is wrong or stupid, even Christian leaders should have the courage to say: ‘No. I disagree with that. You are wrong. That was a stupid thing to say’.”

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