Pope omits Cardinal Sean O’Malley from summit committee

BOSTON (MA)
Boston Herald

November 24, 2018

By Jordan Graham

‘It is a clear vote of no confidence’

Pope Francis has named the members of an organizing committee for a February summit aimed at preventing abuse, but did not include Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, who leads the Vatican advisory commission of the sex abuse of minors — an omission one church watcher called significant.

“His absence is very, very noteworthy,” said Peter Borre, founder of Boston’s Council of Parishes. “It is a clear vote of no confidence.”

The pope named four members of the committee that will prepare for the summit next year. The Rev. Hans Zollner is the point-person for the group, which includes Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna, for a decade the Vatican’s sex crimes prosecutor, Francis appointee Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias, a member of Francis’ key cardinal adviser group.

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