Cardinal Edward Egan Cancels Appearance with Children

New Haven Register
March 14 2014

http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140314/cardinal-edward-egan-cancels-appearance-with-children

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and retired Cardinal Edward Egan listen to Hubbard in Albany on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013 . Mike McMahon — The Record

Cardinal Edward Egan has canceled his appearance at a celebration featuring a chorus of 200 youths from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Egan, retired archbishop of New York, drew a protest from the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. Egan has been accused of failing to remove priests accused of sexual abuse when he was bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport from 1988 to 2000. He retired in 2009.

A notice on St. Ignatius of Loyola Church’s website says, “We had hoped to have Cardinal Egan here to celebrate Mass on Saturday evening. Unfortunately, he is not free. We look forward to inviting him on another occasion.”

The Mass was part of the Pueri Cantores Children’s Choir Festival.

In a statement, SNAP said, “We know this decision will be a relief to some suffering victims and caring Catholics. We hope this decision will deter other managers — inside and outside the Catholic church — from concealing heinous child sex crimes in the future.

Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, said he had no further information than what was posted on St. Ignatius’ website.