Bernie McDaid, 54, of Peabody is organizing “A Day of Reformation’’ Oct. 31 in St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
(John Blanding/Globe Staff)
In abuse crisis, a sense of validation
Lessons of Boston spreading worldwide
Bernie McDaid, 54, of Peabody is organizing “A Day of Reformation’’ Oct. 31 in St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
(John Blanding/Globe Staff)
Eight years after the worst scandal in the history of the Catholic Church in America exploded in Boston, an all-too-familiar scene is unfolding in Europe. Victims are coming forward. Bishops acknowledge covering up abuse and failing to stop perpetrators. Pope Benedict XVI is under scrutiny for his oversight of an abusive priest in Germany in the early 1980s, when he was an archbishop. (Full article: 1145 words)
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