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	Philadelphia Cardinal Seeks Special Arrangements for Testifying By Kristine Ward National Survivor Advocates Coalition September 1, 2011 http://nationalsurvivoradvocatescoalition.wordpress.com/editorials/ Here we go again with special privileges and tactics of avoidance. Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua's insistence on a private hearing in his private mansion before he'll answer questions about clergy sexual abuse in the diocese where he was the boss is hardly a sincere and appropriate response to Pope Benedict's call to "do everything possible" to resolve the clergy sexual abuse crisis. Cardinal Bevilacqua was scheduled to appear for a hearing on September 12. Now his attorneys are fighting that public appearance. We ask Philadelphia Catholics and all men and women of goodwill to compare this fight for privacy with the lavish, public ceremony that will take place on September 8 when Archbishop Charles Chaput takes over as the Archbishop of Philadelphia. When the archbishops of Philadelphia want to be public and command attention indeed they do. We find it striking that when Catholic hierarchs see themselves as vulnerable they work at finding any number of ways to protect themselves but "doing everything possible" for the protection of children, truly innocent and vulnerable, continues to evade them. Contact: KristineWard@hotmail.com
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