Cardinal Vlk slams PM for preaching water, drinking wine

Cardinal Miloslav Vlk has openly attacked the prime minister's decision to leave his wife for his mistress. The highest Czech Catholic dignitary broke weeks of silence on the scandal that has filled the front pages of Czech dailies. In a statement that appeared on his internet site on Tuesday the Cardinal inquired how one could trust a politician who had built his election campaign around family values but failed to respect them in his own private life. The Cardinal praised the prime minister's wife for the "moral strength and patience" she has shown in this crisis, commending especially the fact that Mrs. Tololankova was fighting to keep her family together and had offered to forgive her errant husband.