CHICAGO (IL)
CBS Chicago
Mike Parker
CHICAGO (CBS) – Cardinal Francis George led a mass of atonement on Saturday, as part of the ongoing healing process for victims of clergy sex abuse.
CBS 2’s Mike Parker reports it seemed a sign of the progress the Catholic Church has made in the wake of the clergy sex scandal.
The cardinal was at Holy Family Church on Saturday to celebrate mass for the healing of abuse survivors, their families, the church, and society.
“Each day, we ask God to forgive our sins, and we ask for forgiveness also for the sins of others, particularly those who as priests or deacons or other clerics in the church have abused children,” George said.
Among those at the service was a man who, as a child, was abused by a priest, then kept silent for more than three decades.
“I consider the mass to be a healthy balance between acknowledging and apologizing for past abuse in our church, but also acknowledging and saying thank you to all of the good people who are protecting children in the Catholic schools and parishes,” Michael Hoffman said.
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