From Catholic Herald:
The Pillar, a publication of repute, got hold of the details, asked for clarification, got none, and published.
At a stroke, the reputation of Father Carlos Martins was trashed by innuendo and implication. It looked like some incident not wholly dis-associated with sexual abuse might have taken place. Except that nothing of the sort of had actually happened. It turns out, when the facts emerged, that Father Carlos had carelessly touched someone’s hair. But to appreciate the dynamics, it helps to know that Fr Carlos is very bald. Indeed, if Fr Chad Ripperger is thought to look a little like a benign house-elf straight out of the Harry Potter genre, Fr Carlos looks like an amiable version of a Mafia hit man. He often uses his baldness as an entree into evangelistic conversation.