Christopher Longhurst is a New Zealand-based Catholic theologian and lecturer at Te Kupenga Catholic Theological College. He was a core participant in the New Zealand Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Bishops dodge accountability by requiring an abusive "Litany of Lament." Massgoers should not be forced to ask for God's mercy for the crimes of clergy against children and vulnerable people. The faithful did not commit these sins.
