Amid a welter of excellent commentary on the mad coupling of pedophilia and women's ordination, Nihil Obstat makes a different comparison: she notes that in the same week as the latest madness, Pope Benedict has appointed Archbishop Velasio De Paolis to take control of the finances and assets of the Legionaries of Christ. The need for an outsider to take control of the vast fortune was obvious. The extraordinary, horrifying part is the mild words in the news release about the problem's of the order, and the legacy of its founder, Father Marcial Maciel, who is said to have " fathered children and was guilty of other crimes.”
That has to place first as the wryest, drollest, understatement of the year.
