GOFFSTOWN (NH)
The Union Leader
By CAROL ROBIDOUX
Union Leader Staff
GOFFSTOWN — Bishop John McCormack stressed love, forgiveness and unity to Trinity High School's graduates during last night's baccalaureate service, held in Abbey Church at St. Anselm College.
"Let us ask God to be merciful, to pardon our sins and pardon one another's sins," McCormack said as he opened with prayer.
More than 250 family and friends of Trinity graduates attended the 7 p.m. service, which began just as rain started pouring down on the Goffstown campus.
Only a few members of the senior class were missing in protest of McCormack serving as celebrant of the service, senior Katherine Gaudet said.
"I'm glad most everyone decided to come," she said. "It was a beautiful service."
Last Friday, a group of students who had circulated a petition against McCormack met with him on school grounds in Manchester to air their feelings and question him about his role in the church's priest abuse scandals.