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	National Survivor Advocates Coalition Nsac Protest Installation of Christopher Coyne As Auxiliary Bishop National Survivor Advocates Coalition March 2, 2011 http://nationalsurvivoradvocatescoalition.wordpress.com/press-release/ The National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) joins the protest in Indianapolis, Indiana today to register its outrage that the Roman Catholic Church could not find one priest out 40,000 in the United States to name as an auxiliary bishop of Indianapolis other than one who was the mouthpiece for Cardinal Bernard Law in the red hot media heat of the sex abuse scandal in 2002 in Boston. Christopher Coyne's appointment as auxiliary bishop of Indianapolis is clearly a reward for his service to Cardinal Law during the glare of media exposure of the sexual abuse scandal in 2002. This is not leadership. This is cronyism. You don't have to look far to connect the dots on this appointment. Cardinal Law is still a member of the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops through which bishop appointments are vetted and one of the three co-consecrators at today's ceremony is a former auxiliary bishop of Cardinal Law's, Richard Lennon, another reward, who is now Bishop of Cleveland. For all the toothless "sorrys" that have been voiced by Catholic officials over the scandal, the continued appointment of those who towed the line and lined up with the cover-up speaks volumes: actions speaker louder than words. No matter how many "sorrys" get said, no matter how many brief meetings with survivors are held, no matter how many times the Church seeks to frame the scandal as "history", the truth is the scandal continues and the Church is rubbing salt into survivors raw wounds with this appointment. We join the ranks of the silent and the marginalized who stand outside St. John the Evangelist Church, Indianapolis today. We stand with them in solidarity for it is through their courage as survivors and family members of survivors and advocates for survivors that the truth is brought forth no matter how difficult it may be to face. We urge Catholics for their sakes and the sake of the Church to drop the blindfolds, get educated, and refuse to be duped by appointments and ceremonies that use the Church's ancient liturgies and mysteries to reward those who have towed the line with a leg up on the ladder of hierarchy. Catholics can begin by reading the recently released Philadelphia Grand Jury Report http://www.bishop-accountability.org/pa_philadelphia/Philly_GJ_report.htm Think Philadelphia is not Indianapolis? Think again. To our fellow Catholics, we say, when the bells of St. John the Evangelist Church begin to ring today to mark a lavish ceremony for a man who did Cardinal Law's bidding and is now rewarded with a place of high honor ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. Contact: Ginny Hoehne, 937-726-9360/ Kristine Ward 937-272-0308/
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