Chad Pecknold, associate professor, theology, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal about Catholics considering abandoning the Church and why they might consider it.
..."the average lay Catholic was able to accept that there were many bad apples and the church was going to need to clean them up,” said Chad Pecknold, a professor at the Catholic University of America. The revelations last year “deepened the original sense of betrayal” among the faithful, he said, because bishops’ involvement in covering up the abuse became clear."...
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