Tuesday, January 22, 2019

What Will The Diocese of Covington Do?

When the fake news version of the Covington Catholic High School story hit, the Diocese of Covington immediately caved and issued a statement which went onto all national media:
Covington Catholic High School and the Diocese of Covington said Saturday that they are investigating the incident that happened at the Indigenous Peoples March on Friday.

"We will take appropriate action, up to and including expulsion," the statement said.

The school and diocese apologized to the man in the video, identified as Vietnam veteran and Native American elder Nathan Phillips.

As of this morning, the diocese's website is down. A chaperone who was present, Mrs Jill Hanlon, appeared on Fox to discuss the issue:

From the diocese's standpoint, this story is out of control. Mrs Hanlon is clearly irked that the diocese hasn't stood up for its school or the faithful. I've seen in social media comments that people have called the diocese to complain that the Church will cover up abuse, but it immediately threw the students under the bus.

The bishop so far is AWOL.