James Carroll Reflects on the 10th Anniversary of the Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal

By Adam Ragusea
WBUR
January 7, 2012

http://radioboston.wbur.org/2012/01/06/carroll-clergy-abuse-anniversary

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Ten years ago Friday the Boston Globe published the first in a series of reports on a shocking pattern of clergy sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. That first story revealed how then-Boston Cardinal Bernard Law repeatedly transferred the Rev. John Geoghan from parish to parish, despite numerous reports of sexual abuse by Geoghan.

We mark the sad anniversary with Boston Globe columnist James Carroll. As a former priest, Carroll has written about the crisis with singular passion and clarity.