The Latest: McCarrick accuser sees comfort in Vatican report

Bishop Accountability, which compiles a database of clergy publicly accused of sex abuse, is hailing the Vatican s report as the most significant document on the abuse crisis to come from the Church.

Anne Barrett Doyle is the group s co-director. She says that in many ways this is an impressive report the Vatican s first forthright account of its own cover-up of a sexual predator.

She says it is long, detailed, and it names enablers, and adds that Bishop Accountability hopes it is the first step toward genuine transparency.

Barrett Doyle also says the McCarrick report has deficiencies, including its treatment of Pope Francis role.

Its greatest failure is that it lets Pope Francis off the hook: nobody gave him the files, he knew only that there had been rumors, etc., she says. Didn t the Pope wonder if those rumors had substance? Anyone with an internet connection could have discovered they did. Francis lack of curiosity was at best negligent, at worst corrupt.

Barrett Doyle also notes the report doesn t account for McCarrick s handling of abusive priests in the dioceses he ran.

via apnews.com