
Brussels Archbishop Apologizes Amid Priest Election Scandal
The Church in Belgium is grappling with a profound fallout from public outrage over the handling of sexual abuse scandals.
The Church in Belgium is grappling with a profound fallout from public outrage over the handling of sexual abuse scandals.
Archbishop-elect Terlinden succeeds Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, 76, who was from the Flemish region of Belgium.
‘When we reached Sint-Augustinus emergency, and we saw you oblivious and sucking at your thumb at the ultrasound, and doing your general acrobatics, all the mistrust, hate and angst for the terrorist attack vaporized.’
Belgian bishops and the president of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences also issue statements of condolence.
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