Bishop Roger Joseph Foys of the Diocese of Covington, Ky., has apologized for joining the effort to destroy a group of Covington Catholic high school students. The students were turned into a viral sensation on social media last weekend, falsely accused of taunting and abusing a Native American protester near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

The story turned out to be false – in fact, it was they who were being harassed and abused, as subsequent video helped make clear.