On Bishop Rot, and Making Bad Things Worse

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Diocese of Providence hesitantly joined Twitter last February, warning that "I need a heavy dose of prudence in things that I post, because I don't use a lot of filters," he told the Crux online publication. Bishop Tobin disabled his Twitter account a week ago Monday night. It was not that he was too snarky but, in the minds of many Catholics, he was not harsh enough.

Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Diocese of Providence hesitantly joined Twitter last February, warning that "I need a heavy dose of prudence in things that I post, because I don't use a lot of filters," he told the Crux online publication. Bishop Tobin disabled his Twitter account a week ago Monday night. It was not that he was too snarky but, in the minds of many Catholics, he was not harsh enough.…