Cardinal Law’s Ex-pr Man Takes National Church Position

SNAP
November 20, 2015

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Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790, SNAPclohessy@aol.com, davidgclohessy@gmail.com)

This week, Cardinal Bernard Law’s ex-spin doctor takes charge of public relations for America’s Catholic bishops. It’s a sad commentary on how little is changing in the church hierarchy on abuse.

During the week that a film called Spotlight opens nationally, Vermont Bishop Christopher Coyne becomes director of communications for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. That movie depicts horrific deceit and corruption in the Boston Archdiocese, where Coyne worked as Law’s primary mouthpiece, a post he held from 2002-2005. (See Rocco Palmo’s blog “Whispers in the Loggia.”)