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Thread #79863   Message #1459591
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-Apr-05 - 10:10 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Pope John Paul II
Subject: RE: Obit: Pope John Paul II
Actually, I think that Cardinal Law did have a Mass for the victims of sex abuse, and he did set up counseling programs and a system to prevent further abuse. It's just that he was very slow to recognize and respond to the problem in the first place. Law is not a bad person. He did a lot to promote social justice, and he was reasonably progressive in implementing the reforms of Vatican II. He just failed miserably in handling the sex abuse problem.
-Joe offer-