PHILADELPHIA (PA)
phillyburbs.com
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA - The Archdiocese of Philadelphia said it removed two nursing-home chaplains who had inappropriate physical relationships with teenage boys, a newspaper reported, and questioners after a college talk assailed Cardinal Justin Rigali over the church's handling of alleged sexual abuse by priests.
Rigali spoke Monday night at Villanova University on a Vatican document entitled "Gaudium et Spes" - Latin for "Joy and Hope" - but questioner Judy Gray demanded afterward to know how his talk squared with what she called "criminal cardinals" who protected abusers.
When Rigali said he would leave that judgment to God, Gray retorted, "I'm sure you will. I'm sure you will. You're a phony."
Another speaker in the question-and-answer period, Marian Moran, a former Catholic youth minister, said the cardinal should talk to youths at the parish level about dealing with the problems caused by disclosures in last week's grand jury report alleging sexual abuse by priests and cover-ups by the archdiocese.
"You need to hear this youth. You need to hear that they're hurting and they're very disillusioned," Moran said. Rigali's acknowledged that work needed to be done with young people, but Moran termed that a "poor" answer offering no concrete commitment.