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William D. Lindsey
This weekend, His Eminence the Most Reverend Archbishop Cardinal-Elect Timothy Michael Dolan will be made a cardinal of the Roman Catholic church. A cardinal’s scarlet beanie is the highest honor a pope can confer on a member of the Roman Catholic church.
As His Most Reverend Eminence is honored in this most prestigious way, the group Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests is issuing a press release asking journalists, the public, and Catholics to think twice about precisely whom and what we’re honoring when we applaud the awarding of a red beanie to Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan. As SNAP notes,
1. His Eminence kept quiet nine months after child pornography was found last Valentine’s day on the computer of Lawrence Gordon, assistant principal of St. Michael’s Academy in the Bronx.
2. When Father Jaime Duenas of his diocese was arrested on child sex charges, not only did His Eminence fail to ask Catholics or others to do anything to assist the criminal investigation, but he also wrote a “mean-spirited statement” that he posted on his blog, attacking the teenaged victim making credible allegations against Father Duenas.
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