Saddened to See Boston College Mishandle Clergy Sex Abuse Issue

By Kristen Grieco Elworthy
BishopAccountability.org
April 19, 2012

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news5/2012_04_17_Elworthy_Saddened_to.htm

As a Boston College alumna, I was disgusted to read the front-page story about the Rev. Bradley M. Schaeffer, a member of the school’s board of trustees, who failed to oversee a Chicago priest now imprisoned for child sexual abuse (“For the Jesuits, a long road to accountability,” April 15).

I was a student when the clergy abuse scandal broke, and it affected me deeply as both a young woman and, at the time, a practicing Catholic.

I admired the way BC handled itself in the crisis, seeming to take on a leadership role in righting the wrongs of the church as described in Michael Rezendes’s story.

I am shocked and saddened to see that, even after the despicable actions and consequences of Schaeffer’s poor decision-making have been brought to light by numerous reliable sources, BC has not only neglected to take action, but has praised Schaeffer’s contribution to the university.