Barney Zwartz and Catholic Issues
I read an article online by Barney Zwartz who wrote about Noreen Wood who made a number of very serious allegations against a number of Catholic clergy and non-Catholic lawyers she had interacted with in the past. The author appears to uncritically accept everything she says, without any caution about the possibility that people may suffer if she is wrong. None of her claims were ever demonstrated in court and according to the article the evidence seemed weak in the eyes of an independent senior barrister who dealt with her. It is worth pausing briefly to consider just how serious her attacks are. Whilst some were confirmed by a independant lawyer as part of a compensation process, such findings are not legally valid nor, when the process is considered, may not be logically strong either.
The same author produces a fair and balanced summary on the exact same subject, that is, Noreen Wood’s complaints about the Catholic Church and others. I find it incredible that the same person could voice such divergent views in the same newspaper on the same issue. Is ‘objectivity’ that easy to fake?
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