We've all read the accounts of the latest wave of the sex abuse crisis. They are discouragingly familiar. This account, however, raised a new question with me. Does holiness give insight into another's character?Apparently, Donald McGuire was Mother Teresa's spiritual director. Spiritual Director! No wonder she had a dark night of the soul. Moreover, she placed him in charge of the retreat direction of members of her order worldwide!It also appears that Pope John Paul II--now on the path to sainthood--was completely taken in--duped--by Father Maciel; in my view, an evil man if there ever was one.Does closeness to God give one any special insight into the character of others? Or not?Or am I looking at the problem in the wrong way? I've heard it said (on TV so it must be right!) that psychopaths such as serial killers are able to short-circuit the built-in warning systems that people have about danger from others. Is that the problem here?