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Vatican appointment of Cardinal Law as archpriest - a slap in the face to sexual abuse survivors worldwide.
Cardinal Law Given Post at Vatican
By AL BAKER
Published: May 28, 2004
ROME, May 27 - Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who was forced to resign as
leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston after a long and
painful sexual abuse scandal involving clergy members, was chosen by
Pope John Paul II on Thursday to head a basilica in Rome.
A statement released in the Vatican's daily bulletin announced that
Cardinal Law, who resigned in 2002, would become the archpriest of St.
Mary Major Basilica, a church in a downtown neighborhood of Rome that
is under direct Vatican jurisdiction.
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Cardinal James Francis Stafford,
and Conference of Cardinals
addressing sexual abuse by priests in the United States
Cardinal James Francis Stafford, a Vatican official, said the cardinals discussed
what form atonement should take. And while he said an extreme method of atonement
would be resignation, he said other forms of atonement, such as penance and prayer,
could be even more "personally demanding."
U.S. cardinals stop short of 'zero tolerance'
April 25, 2002 Posted: 2:56 AM EDT (0656 GMT), CNN.com
Shame on YOU for using religion in an attempt to white wash "Zero Tolerance"
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