“This flies in the face of the charter,” said Burke in the Chicago Tribune story, referring to a charter the Catholic bishops enforced in 2002 as part of church reform to prevent sex abuse by priests.

“This flies in the face of the charter,” said Burke in the Chicago Tribune story, referring to a charter the Catholic bishops enforced in 2002 as part of church reform to prevent sex abuse by priests. “According to the charter they are supposed to have annual audits.” Not quite. The charter said annual audit, singular. Each diocese had their annual audit. Game over.