CHCIAGO (IL)
WLS 7 ABC
September 12, 2018
By John Garcia, Stacey Baca and Megan Hickey
The Catholic Church is under fire over the handling of sex abuse scandals involving priests. Cardinal Blase Cupich met privately Wednesday with all priests of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
The closed-door meeting was held at 7 p.m. at Mundelein Seminary. Cardinal Cupich wanted to hear concerns from priests discuss the sex abuse scandal that is rocking the Roman Catholic Church worldwide.
It comes one day before the Pope meets with top church leaders about the crisis.
Mundelein Police guarded the seminary as Cardinal Cupich met with priests Wednesday night.
“He’s not inviting the public or the media in. He’s keeping it secret, which is exactly what the problem has been for the last five to six decades,” said Marc Pearlman, who represents abuse survivors.
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