The only thing I can figure is that the Vatican felt threatened by Michael Jackson moving in on their territory. This move will help them reassert their leadership in the highly competitive field of childhood anal rape.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...e_cardinal_law
I just hate shit like this.
Can you imagine your boss saying, "Under your supervision, your division was responsible for the systematic rape of hundreds of children. We'd like to honor you." ?????????
And my friends wonder why I don't go to church...
I gotta go puke now.
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VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned in disgrace as archbishop of Boston over his role in the clergy sex abuse crisis, has been given a role of honor in the mourning for Pope John Paul II.
The Vatican announced Thursday he will lead one of the daily Masses celebrated in the pope's memory during the nine-day period that follows the funeral, called Novemdiales. The service will be held Monday at Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica, where Law was appointed archpriest after leaving Boston.
Some Roman Catholics in his former archdiocese immediately protested.
Suzanne Morse, spokeswoman for Voice of the Faithful, a Massachusetts-based reform group that emerged from the scandal, said Law's visibility since the pope's death has been "extremely painful" both for abuse survivors and rank-and-file Catholics.
"It certainly shows and puts a spotlight on the lack of accountability in the Catholic Church, that the most visible bishop in the clergy sexual abuse crisis has been given these honorary opportunities," she said.
David Clohessy, national director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, called it "terribly insensitive."
"It rubs salt into the already deep wounds of victims and it allows the best-documented complicit bishop to exploit the pope's death for his own selfish purposes," Clohessy said.
Law did not respond to a phone message left at the basilica.
Law stepped down as archbishop within months after a judge unsealed court records in January 2002 that showed he had allowed priests with confirmed histories of molesting children to continue working in parishes.
Among the records were letters Law had written to some of the predators expressing support and thanks for their service to the church.
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