Exposure of secret service bishops salutary

Eleven of fifteen bishops of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church were spies for the communist secret service, according to an enquiry carried out by the Bulgarian Committee on Disclosure of Documents. The daily Standart is relieved that the matter has now been clarified: "The bishops did everything possible to prevent the files in question from coming to light! ... But as the Bible says: "Nothing is concealed that won't be revealed and nothing is hidden that won't come to light.' ... What the bishops will do now depends on them and is a matter of conscience since the law does not foresee lustration. But now is not the time for excuses but for repentance. For God loves the sinner who repents more than the just. In this respect the disclosure of the secret service files could prove to be salutary for the Church."

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