BUFFALO (NY)
Buffalo News
November 14, 2018
By News Editorial Board
Victims of the child sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church were hoping for some action on reforms this week when the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops met in Baltimore.
They got thoughts and prayers instead.
The Vatican directed the U.S. bishops to delay their votes on two reform measures until a special council of bishops worldwide convenes on Feb. 8. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston opened the conference on Monday with that announcement from Rome.
“We are not ourselves happy about this,” said DiNardo, adding he found the decision “quizzical.”
“We just have a bump in the road” on the way to reform, he said.
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