CBCP strangely quiet about one of their priests facing rape charges.
Strangely quiet? What's so strange about withholding comment until the priest's guilt is conclusively determined?
The article states:
CBCP seals its lips on Butuan priest's pending rape charges but vocal about Duterte's 'Rape Comment
The Church is quick to vocally criticize other people's morality but quiet when their priest are involved
Here's the difference between the two incidents:
(a) The priest denies the accusations against him. Therefore, as of now, we don't know if the accusations are true or not.
(b) In contrast, Duterte's statement was caught on video, the authenticity of which he admits. Therefore, as of now, the fact that Duterte uttered that statement about the alleged rape-murder victim is undisputedly true.
The CBCP declined to comment about an alleged incident that is
denied by the priest, but the CBCP commented about a statement that is
admitted by Duterte.
There is no parallelism between the two incidents, so the allegation of hypocrisy against the CBCP is without basis.