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He's 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...
An archdiocese spokesperson was unavailable for comment on the professors’ letter yesterday, but the Boston Globe reported yesterday that the Cardinal had not yet received the letter.
Nine Harvard professors have sent a letter calling for the resignation of Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53, the Catholic archbishop of Boston who allowed priests accused of child molestation to continue working for the church.
“A lot of educated professionals who are trying to think through the various dimensions, they all have voices that need to be heard by the cardinal and the hierarchy in the church,” Orfield said. “This is being done by people who...
Cardinal Law’s recent backpedaling seems to be an overreaction to redeem his reputation in the public eye for the disastrous handling of Geoghan. By removing Spagnolia, Law seems to be acting solely on hearsay without having launched a full investigation. Making snap judgments on such a damning...