NY1
April 10, 2008
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=10&aid=80389
[with video]
A Queens attorney representing victims of clergy sex abuse reacted Thursday to news of the pope's plans to heal wounds left by the scandal.
Michael Dowd of Howard Beach said that although he is anxious to know what the Pope plans to do about the abuse crisis in the Catholic Church - he suspects that the pontiff will do nothing constructive.
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Dowd said he thinks the Pope will only repeat apologies to victims - which Dowd calls nothing but empty words. He wants to know when the church plans to make reparations to victims and hold church officials accountable.
"No words are going to mean anything to anybody without substance behind them. The time for talk is over. The time for action is now," said Dowd.
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