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Yet while U.S. Cardinals are now publicly acknowledging the huge numbers of gay priests--a historic first--some are at the same time blaming them for the debacle of the abuse scandals. Since many of the victims are teenage boys, the thinking goes, the perpetrators must be gay--and that...
The setback for victims came on Friday when the Boston Archdiocese rejected a $20 million to $30 million settlement it had reached in March with victims of defrocked priest John Geoghan. Courts had not yet approved the deal, which would have awarded 86 victims up to $300,000 each. This...
Tuesday, Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53 began a civil deposition in Suffolk County courthouse regarding, among other things, a settlement that his Financial Council refused to accept between several church officals, including Law, and 86 victims of priest John J. Geoghan. This disturbing refusal completely disregards the...
Cardinal Law, in particular, must be held accountable. He should be prosecuted for his role in allowing Geoghan to continue abusing children. His negligence and indifference toward the protection of children is deplorable. It is clear from many documents that Geoghan was unable to stop his sexual abuse, and Law...
That is why this crisis is of profound importance. One of Jesus' main teachings was the dignity of the vulnerable--children central among them. Unless you are like a child, Jesus taught, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. When Jesus' own church, far from protecting children, molests them...