NEW YORK
National Catholic Reporter
Ed Wilkinson Catholic News Service | Apr. 23, 2015
BOOKLYN, N.Y. When Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn celebrated a Mass of Hope and Healing for survivors of sexual abuse by the clergy, the mood was pensive.
After all, this had not been done before in this diocese. It was difficult to judge what the reactions would be.
The liturgy was celebrated the evening of April 15 at St. James Cathedral-Basilica in downtown Brooklyn with more than 100 people in the congregation.
The bishop was joined in the procession by Auxiliary Bishops Raymond Chappetto and Octavio Cisneros, 57 priests and 10 deacons.
“The traumatic experience of sexual abuse clearly destroys peace of mind and soul,” DiMarzio said in his homily.
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