BOSTON (MA)
Boston Globe
November 23, 2018
By Michael Levenson
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said Friday he looks forward to attending a high-stakes summit on child abuse prevention at the Vatican in February, even though Pope Francis conspicuously omitted his name from the committee that is organizing the event.
O’Malley’s absence from the four-member planning committee was striking because he is often considered one of Francis’ closest American advisers and is head of a Vatican advisory panel on the prevention of clergy sexual abuse.
When the list of names was released Friday, some church observers debated whether O’Malley’s absence was a sign that he has lost his stature in Rome.
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