Silk on Episcopal Accountability | National Catholic Reporter

Silk on Episcopal Accountability | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: Making the bishops who offended on child sexual abuse accountable to Rome is a good start, but it is not enough.  We need to make them accountable to the people, which means removing Rome from the leadership equation and going back to not only local election - but provisions for local removal.  Of course, a bishop who can be removed may simply be more adept at covering things up than cleaning house.  Some local authority akin to an Inspector General may be required as well - and not for simply performance in relation to orthodoxy.  St. Pius X did that and turned the Church into a brutal place for all concerned.  Any accountability should be to the local community - not Rome.