MANCHESTER (NH)
Boston Herald
By Marie Szaniszlo
Wednesday, June 8, 2005 - Updated: 09:35 AM EST
A group of seniors at a New Hampshire Catholic high school, upset with Bishop John McCormack's role in the clergy sexual abuse scandal, may boycott a Mass he is celebrating today.
``I wish he would bow out because I think it's unfortunate it's become a political event and there are some kids who are just going to skip it,'' said 18-year-old Kevin Scura, Trinity High School's senior class valedictorian and student body president.
Scura did not see the petition asking McCormack not to celebrate the school's baccalaureate Mass at 7 p.m. at Abbey Church in Goffstown.
But 50 of Trinity's 112 seniors signed it, leading to a tense meeting at the school Friday between McCormack and about three dozen students who questioned him about his former role as a top official in the Archdiocese of Boston.
``We were left without any answers. He avoided questions and he was rude at times,'' senior Katie Bartlett told the New Hampshire Union Leader. ``We would ask him questions and he'd yell, `Prove it. Show me the evidence.' ''