"What are they waiting for?" That was the question with which ABC News headlined its recent report on the ongoing crisis in the Diocese of Buffalo, where Bishop Richard Malone faces growing calls for his resignation.
ABC’s question was directed at higher Church authorities in the US and in Rome, which so far have been hesitant to move against Bishop Malone or the diocese.
The question may have been rhetorical, but it is worthwhile and even necessary to recognise some of the host of legal and political issues any action at any level would raise, both within the Church and the secular sphere.
