I'm not a religious individual. Even if I was, I'd have trouble with the concept of unending divine retribution, especially if it was merely for disbelief or being a worshipper of a different god. On the other hand, there definitely should be a place for people like Law. Three guesses where that is:
Boston’s eighth bishop and fourth archbishop, Cardinal Law was the highest-ranking official in the history of the US church to leave office in public disgrace. Although he had not broken any laws in the Commonwealth — clergy were not required to report child sex abuse until 2002 — his actions led to a sense of betrayal among many Boston Catholics that the church is still dealing with today.
The abuse scandal was “the greatest tragedy to befall children — ever” in the Commonwealth, the attorney general’s office said in 2003, and “as archbishop, and therefore chief executive of the archdiocese, Cardinal Bernard Law bears ultimate responsibility for the tragic treatment of children that occurred during his tenure. But by no means does he bear sole responsibility.”
The attorney general’s office said the abuse extended over six decades and involved at least 237 priests and 789 children; of those, 48 priests and other archdiocesan employees were alleged to have abused children while Law was leader of the Boston archdiocese.
I, of course, will be looking forward to Bill Donohue's usual illogical attempt to blame the victims, the media or anyone else except Law for all of this, but that's only because I appreciate unintentional absurdist humor. After all, it's not like he'd actually be making a real argument or something.
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