Saturday, January 13, 2007
BISHOP LENNON
will appear in Tuesday's "Hand of God" PBS documentary about sexual abuse in the Church. A picture of Lennon from the video appears here.
The Toledo Blade is also reporting on the upcoming documentary. They give a teaser about Bishop Lennon's role in the film as he and the victim's brother who is filming the documentary meet outside the chancery:
In one of the most disturbing scenes, Joe Cultrera is confronted by a cleric while filming the exterior of the Boston archdiocese’s headquarters. The filmmaker explains that he is making a documentary about his brother who had been abused as a child by a local priest.
“Sir, if you think you’re going to make me feel bad about this, you’re not,” the priest tells him, then further insults the filmmaker by saying, “It’s all in your head, sir. You’re a sad little man.”
Later, Joe Cultrera learns that the cleric was Bishop Richard Lennon, who had been appointed to fill in after Boston’s Cardinal Bernard Law resigned in disgrace. Bishop Lennon is now the bishop of Cleveland.
