In a move that seems bound to cast a cloud over perceptions of Rome’s attitude adjustment on clergy sex-abuse, the Pope has sent the Vatican’s highly-regarded lead prosecutor on the cases back to his native Malta as an auxiliary bishop.Formally announced at Roman Noon today, the appointment of Msgr Charles Scicluna, 53, was initially reported in the Italian press over the last 24 hours. A low-key yet media-friendly figure who’s unleashed “words of fire” in his assessment of the trail of abuse that’s claimed thousands of victims and eviscerated the church’s witness across broad swaths of the Catholic world, the refined Toronto-born civil and canon lawyer (above) has served as promotor of justice – akin to a canonical “district attorney,” the fourth-ranking official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – since 1995.
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Holy Sci…cluna – In Shock Move, Vatican’s Abuse "Bulldog" Shipped Home
