Spain: Abuse Narrative Fueled, Bishop Steps Aside, Valley of the Fallen Before Eviction

For several days, Spain’s newspaper El País has filled its pages with reports of alleged sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Here is why.
Vatican investigation against Spanish bishop
One case centers on a Vatican investigation into Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy, 76, of Cádiz y Ceuta. He is accused of homosexually abusing a male minor in the 1990s while serving as rector of the Getafe seminary.
Bishop Zornoza denies the charge as "false".
He has stepped back from duties while the Vatican inquiry proceeds. A canonical tribunal in Madrid, under the supervision of the Archbishop of Seville, is handling the case.
Abuse-"coverage" as political control
Carlos Balén argues on InfoVaticana.com on November 12 that the wave of abuse coverage is about political control.
He sees it as a strategy to keep a weakened Church submissive by constantly reviving its scandals: “The Spanish bishops are hostages of their own guilt,” Balén writes.
“For fear that someone might pronounce their name next to …More