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 Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:07 pm Protests planned for controversial cardinal's Mass |
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Protests planned for controversial cardinal's Mass
Former archbishop of Boston resigned in abuse scandal
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Several members of an advocacy group for victims of priest sexual abuse were flying to Rome Sunday to protest Cardinal Bernard Law's celebration of a Mass honoring the late Pope John Paul II, the organization's founder said Saturday night.
Law, former archbishop of Boston, is to say Mass Monday at St. Peter's Basilica.
Law is archpriest of Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, where he presided on Sunday. Pope John Paul II appointed him to that post in 2004 -- two years after Law was implicated in the sexual abuse scandal in Boston.
But The Associated Press reported that he did not give the homily -- an apparent indication of how seriously cardinals preparing to elect a new pope were taking an unanimous decision for secrecy.
Court documents showed Law knowingly moved priests accused of abuse from parish to parish without disclosing allegations against them. He resigned in 2003 amid intense public outrage.
Similar scandals involving priests and other clergy swept dioceses across the nation, forcing the Roman Catholic Church to pay victims hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements.
Barbara Blaine, president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said Law should be banned from saying one of the nine daily Masses.
"It's like rubbing salt into the wounds of the victims," said Blaine, who is among the group heading to Rome.
The Boston archdiocese has told CNN it won't comment on the issue.
SNAP members plan to hand out pamphlets outside the basilica and meet with U.S. cardinals getting ready to choose a new pope.
The sex abuse issue "has to be confronted, and it hasn't been from our perspective. It's been swept under the rug," Blaine said. "Far too many perpetrators remain in ministry."
"The church needs the voice of the victims to sanctify itself," she said.
In a letter Friday to Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles, California, SNAP asked him to use his influence to stop Law from saying Mass.
"From our perspective, Law is exploiting this sad time for his own selfish rehabilitation attempt. Out of sensitivity and respect for those families who continue to suffer because of his cover-ups, and in a spirit of genuine contrition, Law should avoid the public limelight," the letter says.
"If he genuinely wants to honor the pope, he should avoid causing distractions to the solemn ceremonies and recluse [sic] himself from any other public role."
After the scandal came to light in 2002, Pope John Paul II told American church leaders there was no place in the priesthood "for those who would harm the young," saying sex abuse by priests was both a sin and a crime.
Last Sunday, Law appeared in an ABC interview about the pope and refused to discuss the abuse crisis.
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Republican_Man
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| Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:36 pm |
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He should not be recognized like this.
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| Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:02 pm |
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Not only is it sin and a crime, it is very very disgusting. If the youth of america goes to these people for guidance or support and they abuse them...? I think it is very disturbing to know that people who are "religious or work for god" are doing this. It is even lower than the regular sexual abusers.
(no wonder why Gina feels the way she does about religion)
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Puck
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| Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:26 am |
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Thank goodness these scandals have been limited to a small number of priests. Also, it is also good to remember that one should not shape their whole perspective of a religion based on the actions of what everyone, no matter who they are, identifies as dispicable actions of a few individuals.
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