The Church and the communist secret service

"The Archbishop has tripped up on his brand new cassock" comments Gerard Dupuy with some irony in his editorial. "With hindsight, Stanislaw Wielgus does not seem worthy of his superiors' trust. Not only was he carting around the past of an informer, but above all, he proved unflinchingly cynical, right up to the very last moment, in his efforts to sit upon his archiepiscopal throne. Such a sad example to set his flock! It is however the Vatican that has been most discredited and ridiculed in this affair. Not only did the Pope make a deplorable choice with Wielgus, he also took unusual risks to defend him against accusations. ... To the detriment of its reputation, the Vatican has shown itself up as imprudent and reckless. .... This monumental blunder will not help muffle the rumours of incompetence that are buzzing around Benedict XVI."

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