BALTIMORE (MD)
WBAL-TV
November 9, 2018
‘We have to be held to the same high standard,’ Archbishop William Lori says
By Barry Simms
Catholic bishops will gather in Baltimore next week for their annual meeting, and because of the sex abuse scandal involving priests and bishops, some consider this an intense moment in crisis for the church.
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori spoke exclusively Friday with the 11 News I-Team on reform efforts and renewing trust. Lori said he and other bishops are deeply horrified by the sex abuse scandal that has plagued the Catholic Church and hurt children and adults.
“I can tell you this resonates very deeply in my mind and heart,” Lori said.
The archbishop said there is a sickness involved on the part of the people who commit abuse, calling it a crime and also a moral crime.
Much attention has been focused on handling priests accused of wrongdoing following the release of an attorney general’s report in Pennsylvania and former Washington Archbishop Theodore McCarrick’s decision to step down because of sexual allegations against him.
“If any bishop has harmed a minor or harassed an adult, that bishop should resign,” Lori said. “We have to be held to the same high standard we hold our priests and lay employees and volunteers to. We should have the same standards and the same consequence.”
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