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Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a South African psychologist of striking moral intelligence and clarity who served on Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up in the aftermath of apartheid's overthrow to try to deflect retaliation and revenge. Eugene de Kock is a white South African who served for many years as the commander of state-sanctioned apartheid death squads. De Kock is serving a 212-year sentence in a Pretoria prison for crimes against humanity...
...before he left for Rome, he was subpoenaed by Massachusetts attorney general Tom Reilly to testify before a grand jury probing whether he and top aides should face charges for shuttling around the abusive priests. The church's problems are not solved either. While Law stayed in the Archbishop's seat, angry and frustrated parishioners, many of whom have been keeping their wallets shut, organized into groups that continue to demand a greater say in church affairs--demands that the Vatican will not hear gladly. Rome swiftly announced that Law's interim successor would be Boston's Auxiliary Bishop Richard...
RESIGNED. BERNARD CARDINAL LAW, 71, as Archbishop of Boston; over his protection of priests accused of sexual abuse; after a meeting with Pope John Paul II; in Rome. (See page...
...association chose its new steering committee just days after Law resigned as archbishop of Boston. Law stepped down after facing months of criticism for his lax dealings with priests accused of child molestation...
...high time for Law to resign,” said Kiely, who signed the letter urging the archbishop to step down. “There is no way this issue can be spoken of as though Law was done in by the Church or the press—I think the papers have done great reporting...