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	If Credibility Is the Goal, US Cardinal Law Must Be Removed from Position of Naming Bishops National Survivor Advocates Coalition April 25, 2010 http://www.nsacoalition.org/ The United States based National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) said today that if the Vatican has changed its strategy in the sexual abuse crisis and is "moving to get rid of bishops tainted by the scandal" as indicated by news reports then Cardinal Bernard Law must be relieved of his position on the Vatican Congregation for Bishops. If credibility and accountability are truly what Pope Benedict is aiming for, Cardinal Law must be dislodged from all privileged positions not only his post as Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major but most importantly his place of considerable influence in the making of new bishops in his own likeness, the coalition said. If Pope Benedict doesn't remove Cardinal Law, we call upon Cardinal Law, in all justice after the Pope's acceptance of the resignation of two Irish bishops named in the Murphy Report, to do the right thing and step aside, the coalition said. Cardinal Law resigned as the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston during the white heat of the scandal in the United States in 2002 but he has been kept in a position of power and influence by the Vatican. For Cardinal Law's record on abuse, see the public documents on www.bishop-accountability.org The coalition also noted "with sadness" that it has taken massive news reporting on several continents to move the Vatican spokesperson to say the time had come for "truth, transparency and credibility." "The Church has laryngitis in its moral voice. The only cure for it is the truth. The truth is in the documents. Piecemeal release of the documents only prolongs the crisis. Pope Benedicts should release all of the documents pertaining to sexual abuse by priests and nuns the Vatican is holding and order Bishops and religious congregations to release all of the documents in their files.
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