Cardinal McCarrick: Frank Keating Blew the Whistle a Long Time Ago - Patheos - Rebecca Hamilton

Cardinal McCarrick: Frank Keating Blew the Whistle a Long Time Ago - Patheos - Rebecca Hamilton

Shortly after the McCarrick scandal broke in 2018, former Oklahoma legislator Rebecca Hamilton recalled former Gov. Frank Keating's righteous anger at the corrupt behavior of Catholic bishops when Keating served as the first director of the Church lay oversight committee on the clergy sex abuse scandal:

"Needless to say, the whole thing blew up. Before long, Governor Keating had resigned his position, declaring that the bishops behaved 'like Cosa Nostra.'

"Here is what he said in his resignation letter:

"'My remarks which some bishops found offensive, were deadly accurate. I make no apology. To resist grand jury subpoenas, to suppress the names of offending clerics, to deny, to obfuscate, to explain away; that is the model of a criminal organization, not my church.'"