January 22, 2012                   Bishop Bill Morris & Catholic Media

In recent days new information has appeared
regarding the case of Bishop Bill Morris of Toowoomba

1: Judge's conclusions re Bishop Bill Morris
2: Canon lawyer's report re Bishop Bill Morris
3: Interview with judge re Bishop Bill Morris

This information shows ever more clearly
the great injustice that was done to Bishop Morris

In the coming week
it will be interesting to see what sort of treatment, if any,
this information receives in the Catholic media

Next Sunday (Jan 29), check Australia's Catholic papers
to see if they even mention this issue:
- The Catholic Weekly (Sydney)  (when I clicked "Breaking News" Jan 21 it was blank, "broke") 
- The Catholic Leader (Brisbane)
- The Record (Perth)

Not to mention CathNews ...no mention Jan 19, 20...even though info appeared Jan 18...
Jan 23 - item re Michael Kelly's article in Tablet...but no link to three items at top of this page....not allowed to?....thank Goodness for Eureka Street!
Jan 24 - item re petition to stop Communion on hand ....ok to put reform-of-reform stuff...
but still no link to Eureka Street....not ok to cover the no. 1 Catholic news item in the country today...?

It is no secret that editorial freedom of the Catholic media
is a restricted species

Which is sad when you think about it:
media not allowed to discuss a clear issue of injustice in the church
....not allowed open discussion of a range of topics

Reminds me of  the media in China....
not allowed to let people know what's going on

But "China" does not include Hong Kong:
In 2011 the Catholic papers in Hong Kong
- The Kung Kao Pao (Chinese) and The Sunday Examiner (English) - 
had more information about the Bishop Morris case 
than the Catholic papers in Australia!

Why? Because the HK papers, unlike the papers in Australia,
have real editorial freedom

John W