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	Ouster Lite By Kristine Ward National Survivor Advocates Coalition November 22, 2011 http://nationalsurvivoradvocatescoalition.wordpress.com/editorials/ Cardinal Bernard Law is no longer the Archpriest of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome so the world learned in an odd announcement made by the Vatican yesterday. The new archpriest was named but Law was not mentioned in the announcement. One wonders why the Vatican just can't be clear about what it's doing and say what it means in plain English, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Latin and Chinese. The shuffling of archpriests comes three weeks shy of the 9th anniversary of Law's resignation as the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston in the full blaze of the revelations of the Boston incarnation of the clergy and religious sister sexual abuse scandal. For nine long years, survivors and their families and the families of those victims who committed suicide have endured this slap in the face on top of all of the scars their bodies and souls bear. In a post Penn State world, the oddity of Law vaporizing as the Archpriest of Mary Major stands starkly as another indictment against the Church for using veiled niceties when a simple and long overdue "he's out" should have been the play and the call of the day. Of course, while Law is unable to vote in the next conclave – and should not have been allowed to vote in the last — he retains the title of high rank in the Church and no pontiff has lifted his colorful hat. The triggering event for this changing of the guard at the Vatican ground where Law was kicked upstairs seems to be Law's 80th birthday, November 4. If that's the case, a new Dean of the College of Cardinals needs to named tout suite. The current position holder is Cardinal Angelo Sodano. He is 84. Sodano's efforts to protect Legionnaire founder Marcial Marciel from being outed or removed plus his nepotic largesse toward his nephew in the financial plundering of parish properties in the United States slated for closure should be more than enough to eject him. But the band plays on the Vatican version of do as we say, not as we do. Contact: KristineWard@hotmail.com
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