Priests, nuns and canon lawyers who advocate for molestation victims
urged Pope Francis on Wednesday to use the new Vatican tribunal he
formed on negligent bishops to investigate the archbishop of Newark, New
Jersey, who has long been accused of sheltering abusive priests.
The plea comes as Francis prepares for his first visit to the U.S. in September, a trip which will take place against the backdrop of the broad unfinished business of the molestation scandal. The crisis erupted in 2002 with the case of one pedophile priest in the Archdiocese of Boston before spreading nationwide, then engulfing the Roman Catholic Church.
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The plea comes as Francis prepares for his first visit to the U.S. in September, a trip which will take place against the backdrop of the broad unfinished business of the molestation scandal. The crisis erupted in 2002 with the case of one pedophile priest in the Archdiocese of Boston before spreading nationwide, then engulfing the Roman Catholic Church.
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2015/07/victims_advocates_press_pope_f.html