ROME
CRUX

December 20, 2017

By Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley

SPECIAL TO CRUX: Cardinal O’Malley statement on the death of Cardinal Bernard Law

[Editor’s note: Cardinal Bernard Law died Thursday morning in Rome at the age of 86. The following is a statement released by Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, Law’s successor in Boston.]

Cardinal Bernard F. Law, my predecessor as Archbishop of Boston, has passed away at the age of 86 following a prolonged illness.

I recognize that Cardinal Law’s passing brings forth a wide range of emotions on the part of many people. I am particularly cognizant of all who experienced the trauma of sexual abuse by clergy, whose lives were so seriously impacted by those crimes, and their families and loved ones. To those men and women, I offer my sincere apologies for the harm they suffered, my continued prayers and my promise that…