http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=7392
Belgian cardinal disappointed that meeting with victim was taped
August 31, 2010
*** begin quote ***
A spokesman for Cardinal Godfried Danneels said that the cardinal regretted what transpired at a meeting with a now-retired bishop and the nephew whom the bishop abused.
During an April 8 meeting, Cardinal Godfried Danneels urged the man abused by Bishop Roger Vangheluwe of Brugges to remain silent about the abuse until the bishop retired, according to a tape secretly made by the victim. Transcripts of the tape were published in the Belgian press over the weekend.
The cardinal “realizes that the whole approach, as it was, was not the right one,” said his spokesman. “It was improvisation.”
*** end quote ***
Just like I’d never talk to a politicians and bureaucrats without my lawyer. (See example of “talking to politicians” results for Roger Clemens faux pas! See example of “talking to bureaucrats” results for Blago’s fate.), so to I’d never talk to any criminal without recording it.
The cardinal is now in a cover up.
And, as we are instructed by the “Rules of Thumb”, and Martha Stewart learned the hard way, “it’s not the crime but the cover up that gets you”!
Why would anyone suggest covering up any crime? Money!
We’ll have to see how this unwinds.
# # # # #
Reinke Faces Life 