Leading Catholic magazine retracts Kavanaugh endorsement: 'No longer in the best interests of the co

[alwaysinasnit]

Source: Rawstory

“For the good of the country and the future credibility of the Supreme Court in a world that is finally learning to take reports of harassment, assault and abuse seriously, it is time to find a nominee whose confirmation will not repudiate that lesson,” they write.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/leading-catholic-magazine-retracts-kavanaugh-endorsement-no-longer-best-interests-country/

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It's got to be pretty bad if a Catholic magazine withdraws it's endorsement of a nominee.

[Anon-C]

1. ...

“For the good of the country and the future credibility of the Supreme Court in a world that is finally learning to take reports of harassment, assault and abuse seriously, it is time to find a nominee whose confirmation will not repudiate that lesson,”

[Haggis for Breakfast]

2. Whoa.

[greyl]

3. Link to full original here:

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/09/27/editors-it-time-kavanaugh-nomination-be-withdrawn

[alwaysinasnit]

4. thanks for providing the full link.

[pnwmom]

5. More than that, it's the major Jesuit publication un-endorsing a grad of a Jesuit prep school.

There are many different "orders" or societies of priests, and the Jesuits are a major order -- the order Pope Francis came from.

[alwaysinasnit]

6. thanks for providing background/context info.

[rags17]

7. You know it's bad when

the Catholic church starts lecturing you on the importance of taking reports of assault and abuse seriously !

[jgmiller]

8. That's gotta sting more than the ABA

[dalton99a]

9. Kick

[Volaris]

10. I was just gonna say that's a double edged sword...

' in a world that's FINALLY learning to take...assult and harassment seriouly...

From the Catholic Church that has protected child predators for decades.

I'm not sayin change isn't possible, but....

[alwaysinasnit]

11. Yes, I did notice the irony, or should I say, the hypocrisy.

[Scurrilous]

12. K&R

[Achilleaze]

13. k and r

[blaze]

14. K&R nt