Cardinal Dolan: Pope Francis" Comments on Abuse Scandal Emphasized "Vigilance"

By Eun Kyung Kim
Today News
September 24, 2015

http://www.today.com/news/cardinal-dolan-pope-francis-comments-abuse-scandal-emphasized-vigilance-t45986

The pope directly addressed the sex scandal during his speech Wednesday to U.S. Bishops in Washington, praising bishops for their "courage" and "generous commitment to bring healing to victims — in the knowledge that in healing we too are healed."

While the speech drew criticism from advocates who argued it should have focused more on the victims, Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, described the pope's speech as "beautiful" and said it set the right tone.

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"He spoke about the courage, he spoke about the ongoing sorrow and most importantly, he spoke about the fact that we can never drop our vigilance," said Dolan, the former president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. "We've always got to be as vigorous as we are now."

Dolan spoke just hours before he was expected to welcome the pope to New York. The trip to the Big Apple marks the pope's second full day in the United States and follows a trip to Capitol Hill, where he became the first pope ever to make a speech before Congress.