"They have attacked the most vulnerable in society, slashed the budget for public services and undermined the credibility of these institutions.
However, he would regret it if the church lost its "credibility" among non-attenders who, he says, frequently feel warmly disposed to it "thanks to generations of love and service".
"Economic credibility would be more readily restored with your departure," he wrote.
But the site's credibility was undermined somewhat when Monster's Patty Jenkins was last night revealed to have taken the job.
Putin has managed to destabilise every former Soviet republic and greatly damage the strategic credibility of the west – of which Nato is a central pillar.
Senior Palestinian officials believe the vote is a crucial test of whether there is a future for President Mahmoud Abbas's diplomatic strategy after his credibility was badly damaged among Palestinians by what they regard as the success of Hamas in the conflict with Israel this month.
But Palestinian officials are dismissive of the argument, saying there is no peace process to speak of and that Israel has done little to enhance Abbas's credibility by continuing to expand Jewish settlements and treating him with contempt.
(If the "credibility and effectiveness" of Irish bishops have been undermined, as he says, by the scandals, what of his own standing as a bishop, as the power behind John Paul II's throne and now as pope?) There is no explicit endorsement of the new protocols in Ireland demanding that all suspicions be referred to the police.
The Lib Dems, eager to restore credibility on the issue in the wake of their broken 2010 election pledge to abolish tuition fees, claim that the Labour plan will help richer graduates.
Just a small note: just because Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables absolutely destroyed the credibility of vibrato doesn't mean you can't deploy it periodically.
"Right now what we are looking to do is establish credibility by getting others who have been affected, and the protest will allow for others to come forward," said Chicago attorney Billy Mills, who said he found the Chicago police statement on Homan Square to be "vague" and "missing specific details".
