" I do not believe he would stand up and blatantly lie on the world stage."
The whole of the Catholic heirarch has stood up and lied on the world stage on the question of how the church covered up child abuse - and continues to do so.
If any good has come from the affair it is that the Church will never again be trusted in a position of authority in Ireland again.
And then, of course, there's Pope Pius X11...
Jim Carroll