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...Christine Gorman...
...Colm o'gorman is suing the Pope. Although his allegations of abuse against Father Sean Fortune led to legal proceedings against the priest on 66 counts of sexual, indecent assault and sodomy, O'Gorman has yet to receive an apology from the Catholic Church. He is also suing Fortune's bishop, Father Brendan Comiskey, who was reportedly first informed about allegations against the priest in the early 1980s, but nevertheless allowed him to continue to minister in the southern Irish town of Fethard...
...reluctance of the church to acknowledge the crimes of its representatives has forced O'Gorman and others to resort to the law. There have been many cases across Europe against men of the cloth who have abused their positions within communities to gratify their pedophile inclinations. The Vatican has only recently begun to admit that it's been slow to recognize the problem. In November last year Pope John Paul II used the Internet to issue a document that contained apologies to victims of sexual abuse by members of the clergy. And last week the Pope issued a 21-page...
Despite the attempts by the church to put its house in order, the underlying attitude of denial still makes it difficult for victims of sexual abuse to come forward. "Twenty years ago that bastard raped me," grieves a tormented O'Gorman, "and I am still now forced to be in a position where I have to fight to get somebody to acknowledge what they did or didn't do. It's not good enough." Given the opportunites that church has had in the past to deal with priestly crimes, there is the suspicion that it is only the lawyers' intervention...
Bravo to Christine Gorman for her comprehensive article on breast cancer [MEDICINE, Feb. 18]! She certainly did her homework. I can substantiate the text of her entire article with research I did on the disease. It's a relief to know that many other women are certain to benefit from her conscientious effort. JOANNE TOMARCHIO Coconut Grove...