Hugo Valdemar barks loudly, but quickly whimpers

Just days after accusing Marcelo Ebrard of "the criminal offense of embezzlement, Hugo Valdemar, spokesperson for the Catholic Church, backtracked on these serious allegations, after Ebrard urged him to present the evidence and press charges.


Valdemar meekly responded to Ebrard's challenge by declaring, 

"I said that the actions he took utilizing public resources could be falling under the supposed offense of embezzlement, but I am not going to make it easy for him; they want me to make a (legal) denouncement, but I am not going to do it."

And why not? It seems  it is far easier to hurl incendiary accusations and then backtrack quickly, rather than to stand by one's words. 


Valdemar moreover noted he did not fear a possible trial - he himself has been denounced legally - for his earlier statements; should he receive a fine, "this is no problem; there are are many Catholics that are ready to pay this [fine] and others that may come." If the catholic high clergy continues to act as if they are still living in the 15th century, I am not that convinced they can rely on the loyalty of the faithful to forever bail them out for the stupidities they commit. As the case of the United States has shown, paying the victims of the church's pederasts can on its own threaten to ruin them.