ST. LOUIS (MO)
Berger’s Beat
In less than two weeks, Cardinal Tim Dolan will join Steven Colbert of “Comedy Central’ at the annual Al Smith Dinner – the white-tie roast at N.Y.C’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. For now, Cardinal Dolan is coming under fire from SNAP for his “secrecy” in a clergy child sex case that surfaced this week in Manhattan. Dolan admits waiting months to oust a deacon, Al Mazza, from his post because of substantial child sex abuse allegations. And in a letter to parishioners and in a news release, Dolan urges people who have information about the alleged child molester to call church officials instead of law enforcement. .
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