Is it possible for Rod Dreher to write about any Catholic topic except sexual scandals? One wonders. Do a Google search on “rod dreher” child sex and you’ll see what I mean. Here’s his take on Lauryn Hill’s embarrassing speech:
…What [she] did was rude, but prophets don’t stand on protocol. I’m thrilled she went right to the heart of our Church and said what she did. The AFP report quotes her as having told the cardinals and invited guests: “Holy God has witnessed the corruption of your leadership, of the exploitation and abuses which are the minimum that can be said for the clergy.” She also called on the hierarchy to “repent.”
Good for her. It’s a shame it takes a non-Catholic to show that kind of courageous witness to the hierarchy, which has so grievously failed Catholic children and their families in the sex-abuse scandal.
Sure. No Catholic — not the Pope, not George Weigel, not Father Neuhaus, nobody — has spoken out about the scandal.
And to him, she’s a prophet, like Jeremiah or Isaiah! The Lord must be hurting for prophets these days. Maybe a more articulate prophet can explain what “the exploitation and abuses which are the minimum that can be said for the clergy” means.
Come on, Rod. You’re a smart guy and a faithful Catholic. Being shrill and strident isn’t going to help anything. You might consider taking a sabbatical from the kiddie-sex beat for a while.
