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Late on Monday night the Archdiocese of Boston reached a financial settlement with 86 people who claimed to have been molested by Fr. John J. Geoghan. Geoghan has subsequently been both defrocked and imprisoned, but the suffering for 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...
...solely to blame for the scandal that is engulfing the Catholic Church nationwide. Nevertheless, as archbishop of Boston, he must accept his share of the responsibility for the inappropriate way the Church handled the situation locally. Psychiatrists may well have given misleading advice when they claimed that Geoghan was unlikely to repeat his offenses, but the ultimate decision to reassign Geoghan to areas where he would come into contact with children was Law?...
...limited to the Catholic Church. Indeed, many studies have suggested that rates of abuse are just as high outside the Church as within it. Nonetheless, the Church is in a special position because of its claim to offer moral leadership. In the wake of his inappropriate response to the Geoghan scandal, Cardinal Law’s claims to offer such guidance have been fatally undermined. His swift departure would benefit all involved, and begin the healing process for both the victims and the Boston Archdiocese...
...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...
...manages a local country club. "Why he lied about being gay--he's probably embarrassed about it. Lowell's a blue-collar mill city, and that stuff still doesn't go down well with some people here. As for whether the allegation's true, I'm with Spags. Geoghan had 60 kids going, 'This happened to me too.' Spags had one guy coming at him in 31 years...