Sources: Bernard Law, former Archbishop of Boston, dies at age 86

AND KATIE THOMPSON.
WE BEGIN WITH SERA CONGI AT THE
BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE IN BRAINTREE.
REPORTER: WE ARE WAITING FOR
REACTION FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE.
FOR MANY, CARDINAL LAW WAS THE
SYMBOL OF THE WORST CRISIS IN
THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. CHURCH.
OVERNIGHT, THE VATICAN RELEASED
A VERY BRIEF STATEMENT SAYING
LAW DIED IN ROME TUESDAY AFTER A
LONG ILLNESS.
THE 86-YEAR-OLD HAD LED THE
BOSTON CHURCH FOR NEARLY 20
YEARS.
LAW WAS APPOINTED IN 1984 AS
ARCHBISHOP OF BOSTON BY POPE
JOHN PAUL II AND BECAME THE
CARDINAL THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
N 2001, HE ADMITTED TO GETTING
A LETTER IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN
BOSTON DETAILING ALLEGEDLIES OF
CHILD MOLESTATION BY FORMER
PRIEST JOHN GEOGHAN, WHO WAS
CONVICTED.
IN 2002 THE CLERGY SEX ABUSE
SCANDAL BROKE OPEN.
LAW AND OTHER CHURCH OFFICIALS
KNEW OF THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN
- AND NEVER CONTACTED POLICE.
INSTEAD, TRANSFERRING ACCUSED
PRIESTS FROM PARISH TO PARISH.
LAW RESIGNED IN DECEMBER OF THAT
SAME YEAR.
AFTER STEPPING DOWN, HE WAS
GIVEN A POST IN THE VATICAN,
WHICH MANY PROTESTED, CALLING IT
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Sources: Bernard Law, former Archbishop of Boston, dies at age 86

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