No lessons from you, Cardinal
According to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, we should do more to welcome immigrants.
Be that as it may, there are few public figures less qualified to offer moral leadership than the man who knowingly appointed a paedophile priest to a chaplaincy at Gatwick Airport.
Given that I regularly point out the shortcomings of the MCB, and stress the need for Muslims to make clear their total condemnation of terrorism, it's appropriate that I also point out the disgrace that the Cardinal brings to his position.
And it's equally a standing rebuke to the Catholic church in the UK that this man has been allowed to remain in his position instead of being forced to resign in shame.
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Stan, UK
December 29th, 2007 1:35amQuite right, totally agree.
Mrs.Josephine Hyde-Hartley
December 30th, 2007 12:40amWell I don't agree the Bishop should have been "forced" to resign because of the criminal behaviour of somebody else. Far better that he should learn from his mistakes and work harder as a leader to help put right the mess which led to this terrible thing happening, in my opinion.