As reported in the Guardian (and many other news sources) Pope Benedict XVI was reduced to tears when he met with victims/survivors of sexual abuse in Malta.
Tears and catharsis are good. They FEEL like healing. However, the Holy Father must use his primacy as a means of setting example so as to put into motion the kinds of systemic changes needed to combat the culture of clerical omertà (aka code of silence) and bring these tears to true fruition.
Otherwise they might become nothing more than tears borrowed off a crocodile.
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