Friday, May 06, 2005
BENEDICT WELL VERSED IN U.S. ABUSE SCANDAL
Catholic News reports that according to Ann Burke, the judge appointed by the Bishops to investigate the scandal:
"What better position can we be in the Catholic Church today? To know that the [current] Pope read [the report], talked to us and followed through," Judge Ann Burke has told told CBS.
Burke was chosen by the US bishops to investigate the priest sex-abuse scandal on the National Review Board, a lay body set up to monitor bishops' implementation of sexual abuse reforms. She stepped down last May along with three other appointees of the twelve-member board who had all served for almost two years.
