NEW JERSEY
North Jersey Record
September 9, 2018
By Richard Cowen and Monsy Alvarado
For Catholics, it’s the scandal that won’t go away.
First, there was the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Newark, after allegations that he sexually abused minors and adult seminarians decades ago. Pope Francis ordered McCarrick to a “life of prayer and penance” while he awaits a canonical trial to examine the allegations.
Then there was the explosive report from a grand jury in Pennsylvania that detailed rampant sexual abuse by 300 priests over decades, with more than 1,000 children as their victims. And, as the grand jury found, there was a rampant cover-up in Pennsylvania, as Catholic bishops frequently shuttled abusive priests from parish to parish, instead of calling the cops.
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