Who watches over the shepherds who watch over the sheep?
The answer, U.S. bishops agreed to at their meeting in Baltimore last week, are other, more senior, shepherds. That answer remains unsatisfying even if, according to Pope Francis' apostolic letter Vos Estis Lux Mundi and the hierarchal structure of the church, the bishops felt they had no other viable choice.
They overwhelmingly approved what has been called the metropolitan plan, relying upon the nation's archbishops to be the investigator of alleged wrongdoing and cover-ups by other bishops.
