Word: bernard
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...question also arose whether Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53, the archbishop of Boston accused of improperly dealing with accusations of sexual abuse by clergy, should resign—an option that Coyne firmly rejected because of the uncertainty it would engender...
...Bernard Steinberg, Hillel’s director, began the vigil by introducing themes of peace and resolve...
...these people has continued unabated. The Church hopes that the settlement—which may total up to $30 million—may at last bring closure to the embarrassing affair. A meaningful resolution for the victims of these appalling crimes will only come with the removal of Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53 as archbishop of greater Boston...
...calling for the resignation of Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53, the Staff falls into the same tired track that dozens of other media outlets have taken during the last few weeks: scapegoating Law as a martyr for the problems that have arisen for a faulty system. The Staff itself even recognizes that the choices the cardinal made were the result of conflicting pressures and information. He weighed contradictory information and made a judgement about Geoghan, a choice that, although tragically wrong, was in no way designed to harm anyone...
...trying to save his a__," the Rev. D. George Spagnolia told me. He was speaking of Bernard Cardinal Law and the Boston prelate's crackdown on priests who stand accused of child abuse. Cardinal Law had turned over 90 names of area clerics to the district attorney's office; 10 of the clerics were still active in the priesthood but were quickly put on administrative leave. Father Spagnolia, the 10th to be suspended, had become the first to proclaim his innocence, loudly, insisting that he would fight the charges "all the way to Rome...