The Boston Globe as
well as other sources are reporting a widespread cover-up of the scandal in the
RCC. Below are some excerpts from
sources.
http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories3/121302_reilly.htm
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By Stephen
Kurkjian, Globe Staff, 12/13/2002 Attorney
General Thomas F. Reilly yesterday said his investigation of the Boston
Archdiocese had found clear evidence of a coverup of priests' criminal
behavior, and his deputy said the state is considering prosecution of the
church under a doctrine of liability often used to charge companies that fail
to stop wrongdoing by employees. ''This could have been stopped a long time ago
but it wasn't,'' Reilly said at an afternoon press conference. ''There was a
coverup, an elaborate scheme to keep it away from law enforcement, to keep it
quiet. The church and the leadership of the church felt it was more important
to protect the church than any children, and, as a result of that, needless
numbers, countless numbers of children were harmed.''
The subpoenas show ''there is still
much to be learned in the clergy sexual abuse scandal,'' said Mark Serrano, a
member of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. ''Prosecutors must
stop the excessive deference that has been shown to church leaders.''
http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories3/121602_protesters.htm
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In the wake of Law's resignation,
they say their work is hardly finished.
''This was just the tip of the
iceberg,'' said Kathy Dwyer of Braintree, who says she was sexually abused by a
priest. ''We've got a lot more to take care of.''
Joe Gallagher, a founder of the
Coalition of Catholics and Survivors, could not understand people who said
Law's resignation marked a ''somber'' moment in the abuse scandal.
''Somber?'' he asked. ''I was
ecstatic. I don't get that it was somber. His resignation did not put money in
people's pockets, it didn't put anyone behind bars, but it did put a smile on
victim-survivors' faces - people who haven't had something to smile about in
quite some time.''
Several protesters said they will
keep coming to the cathedral.
''This problem goes very deep,''
Dwyer said. ''It's not about one person, and it's never been about one person.
This is a vast conspiracy of men who have covered up and nurtured the abuse of
children.
''I'm not going
anywhere. We're not going anywhere. I think our voice is only getting
stronger.''
One source of info comes from the
group Voice of the Faithful: