We seem to be stuck in the kind of blind parochialism more readily associated with supporters of a football club
This Easter marks the first significant Christian festival since George Pell’s conviction for child sexual abuse. Theoretically, it is a moment not only for Catholics but for all people of Christian faith to reflect on its most fundamental tenets, centred on the narrative of the self-sacrificing, others-focused and radically inclusive life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
Ideally, this would reveal a church shaken to its core by the realisation that not only were countless children irrevocably harmed by people using a religion founded on non-violence and humility to abuse their power for deeply selfish purposes – but also that the first inclination of the church and many of its adherents was for self-protection and the maintenance of reputation, privilege and wealth.
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