I’m not going to prejudge the case, but the Taipei Times printed accusations on Saturday that the man slated to become the next Archbishop of Warsaw may have been a spy for the Polish communist secret police.
My reaction is to say, hell, that’s nothing, because the current KMT chairman of Taiwan is accused of informing on fellow students during the martial law era. And Ma Ying-jeou isn’t slated to become archbishop – he’s frontrunner for the office of president of the freakin’ country.
UPDATE (Jan 9/07): CNN International reported Sunday night that the candidate for archbishop withdrew after admitting his former collaboration with the communist secret police. Monday’s China Post has more here.
Let’s hope that there is a bit of symmetry in that second one….
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Michael