Cardinal Law More Visible in Rome

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VATICAN CITY - He has met several times with the pope, including on Friday, showed up at a Latin rite Mass in a Rome basilica and participated in the state funeral for Italians killed in Iraq

Nearly a year after resigning as archbishop of Boston to quell an outcry over the sex abuse scandal, Cardinal Bernard Law has emerged as a more visible figure in Rome than in his home country, where he lives in a Maryland convent.


Law, who was widely criticized for his handling of the sex abuse crisis in Boston, became the highest-ranking church official to step down over the scandal when he resigned his post in December. He is now resident chaplain of the Sisters of Mercy of Alma convent in Clinton, Md.


But Law retained his membership on nine Vatican congregations and councils, bringing him frequently to Rome.

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David Clohessy, national director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, called Law's recent prominence in Rome "disappointing."

"Many believe, in essence, that Cardinal Law is banished, is persona non grata," Clohessy said. "It's been clear for a while that's not the case. It simply rubs salt in the wounds of many people who were needlessly victimized on his watch."
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From the Ken Lay wing of persona non grata.

He'd have to forcibly bugger the Pope in the middle of the Sistine Chapel at noon during the height of tourist season to merit any disgrace by Holy Mother Church.

No, he's a Cardinal, and has been kicked upstairs to a soft job in Rome. He's an arch-conservative, especially on womens' issues, and that means he'll become incredibly powerful there.

Now you all know why I left that church.

I have no problem with people who hold Catholic beliefs, but I don't understand why anyone would continue to support such a corrupt, authoritarian, abusive, greedy organization.