NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua Telegraph
Published: Friday, Jun. 10, 2005
Bishop John McCormack has a lot of chutzpah advising Trinity High School graduates during their baccalaureate Mass to be loving and forgiving.
If he really wanted to take responsibility for his actions in shuffling pedo-phile priests around while stationed in Boston, McCormack would have long ago tendered his resignation as head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester.
Instead, he turns away complaints about his past involvement in the church’s sexual abuse scandal and carries on business as usual. Being a bishop seems to mean more to McCormack than to renounce his leadership position in recognition of his past wrongdoings.
A group of seniors at Trinity High had petitioned against having McCormack preside at the Manchester school’s baccalaureate Mass because of his role in the church abuse scandal.
About half of the graduating class of 112 seniors signed the petition, and the issue was hashed out at a student meeting with McCormack last week.
Some students attending the meeting praised him for addressing their issues while others said he evaded their questions.
Posted by kshaw at June 10, 2005 11:32 AM