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	Archbishop Defends Pope's Handling Of Sex Abuse Claims NY1 March 28, 2010 http://www.ny1.com/5-manhattan-news-content/top_stories/116001/archbishop-defends-pope-s-handling-of-sex-abuse-claims [with video] NEW YORK -- Archbishop Timothy Dolan defended the Pope's handling of the recent sex-abuse scandal, which has rocked the Catholic Church. At the end of Palm Sunday Mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, the archbishop condemned the alleged abuse of minors by priests in Ireland and Germany, saying it intensified the somber nature of Holy Week. Dolan also criticized suggestions that Pope Benedict did not come out more strongly against the abuse or somehow aided in coverups. "What deepens the sadness now is the unrelenting insinuations against the Holy Father himself, as certain sources seem frenzied to implicate the man who, perhaps more than anyone else has been the leader in purification, reform, and renewal that the Church so needs," Dolan said. Most of the parishioners NY1 spoke with applauded the archbishop's remarks. "Short, straight, right to the point, said what he needed to say, I was very touched by it. It was just what the congregation and the Catholic Church, everyone needed to hear," said one parishioner. "I think it's a speech I'd like to see some of the bishops in Ireland saying in masses. I think it got to the point, very much so," said another parishioner. "They shouldn't have been made in church. There's a place and time for everything, but not inside of a church," said a third. Dolan urged the congregation to pray for the Pope, who he said was suffering some of the same unjust accusations once faced by Jesus.
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