Tuesday, January 31, 2006
THE USCCB TELLS US IT HAS BEEN CLEANED UP
Meanwhile this report from Chicago tells a different story:
As authorities investigated a new allegation that a West Side priest repeatedly abused a minor, Cardinal Francis George on Monday night faced angry parishioners at the church the priest once led.
"I'm sorry to be with you because this occasion is one that shames me certainly," George said.
The crowd of more than 200 at St. Agatha Catholic Church hammered him with the same question again and again about the abuse allegations against Rev. Daniel McCormack that date back to 2000: Why didn't we know sooner?
The emotional meeting came on the same day that another allegation against McCormack surfaced, at least the fifth in less than two weeks.
The latest abuse occurred over the last 24 months and happened repeatedly, said Jeff Anderson, the lawyer for the latest alleged victim.
Neither Anderson nor law enforcement officials would rule out the possibility that some of the alleged abuse took place while McCormack was being monitored by the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese. The archdiocese appointed a priest to monitor McCormack's contact with children at the rectory after the first allegation was made against him in August.
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What kind of priest still abuses in the present climate of high visibility that this sexual offense has today? Does he have no control over his own actions at all, or is it that he was deluded enough to think he could get away with it? I'm not sure which is the worse scenerio for a priest. And the obvious question--how many more?
