A recent CBS network news report, claiming that the Holy See orchestrated a cover-up of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, is based on a gross misinterpretation of a 1962 Vatican document.

A recent CBS network news report, claiming that the Holy See orchestrated a cover-up of sexual abuse by Catholic priests, is based on a gross misinterpretation of a 1962 Vatican document.In a sensationalist report aired on August 6, CBS Evening News claimed to have discovered a secret document proving that the Vatican had approved– and even demanded– a longstanding policy of covering up clerics’ sexual misdeeds. It turns out that the document cited by CBS does nothing of the sort! Will CBS retract their anti-Catholic bigotry? Hold your nose, but don’t hold your breath…