359 years to admit their crime

On June 22 1633 Galileo was Ordered to Recant Scientific Views.When he was almost 70 years old, Galileo was summoned to Rome, tried by the Inquisition, and forced to "abjure, curse, and detest" his work that stated that the sun was the center of the universe. He complied, but was nonetheless convicted on "grave suspicion of heresy" and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1992, Pope John Paul II established a commission that ultimately issued an apology. it only took the them 359 years to admit Galileo was right about the earth and sun. how long before they come clean about the God Delusion as symptom of holy madness