Martin Knew Leo Wouldn’t Stop Him

There are moments when the fog lifts and the whole game becomes embarrassingly plain.

For months, the faithful were told to calm down. Don’t overreact. Don’t “rush to judgment.” Don’t read too much into Bishop Michael Martin’s behavior. Leo was coming. A document would come. A correction would come. Charlotte would not matter because Rome, we were assured, was preparing to soften everything.

It was all theater. Cheap theater, too. And now Martin himself has walked onstage and pulled down the set.

What he gave in a recent interview was a confession. Not the kind made in a tribunal. The kind made by a man who thinks the fight is already won and therefore feels free to describe how he actually sees it. He did not speak like a bishop worried that Rome might intervene. He spoke like a bishop who already knew Rome would not.

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