Israel Matzav: Deja vu all over again: Another bishop blames the Jews

Deja vu all over again: Another bishop blames the Jews

What is it with the Catholic Church lately? An Italian bishop has now been quoted as saying that the Vatican's latest sex abuse scandal is the Jews' fault.

Who is to blame for the sexual abuse affairs in the Catholic Church? The Jews, at least according to an Italian bishop, which suggested that Jews were behind the current criticism of the Church's record on tackling clerical sex abuse, British newspaper The Guardian reported Sunday.

An Italian website quoted Giacomo Babini, 81, the emeritus bishop of Grosseto, as saying he believed a "Zionist attack" was behind the criticism, considering how "powerful and refined" the criticism is.

Babini was quoted by Catholic website Pontifex as saying: "They do not want the Church, they are its natural enemies. Deep down, historically speaking, the Jews are God killers."

The Bishops' Conference on Sunday rushed to issue a statement quoting Babini denying he had ever given the interview in the first place. "Statements I have never made about our Jewish brothers have been attributed to me," he said.

I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Israel Matzav: Deja vu all over again: Another bishop blames the Jews