ROME
Prague Daily Monitor
ČTK | 7 March 2013
Prague/Vatican, March 6 (CTK) – The Prague Archbishopric Wednesday protested against the criticism of its head, Cardinal Dominik Duka, voiced by the American organisation Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
The SNAP listed Duka, primate of the Czech Catholic Church, among some dozen cardinals who did not adequately react to the accusations of priests of sexual abuse, and this is why they should not elect a new pope.
The Prague Archbishopric said the criticism of Duka was unsubstantiated.
“It was voiced as the moment when the media are strongly interested in the collegium of cardinals over the prepared election of the pope, while the cardinals, who are not at home and are pledged to secrecy, can hardly defend themselves,” the Prague Archbishopric said.
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