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Meg Schreiber's avatar

I would like to know if his “wife” was in attendance. How about Cardinal Dolan that had 1400 pages of investigation materials? I am scandalized when those in the Church authority do not follow the rules when they expect their faithful parishioners to follow them. Willful repudiation still got him a funeral Mass with bishops and so many priests in attendance. I’m not one that was a victim of transferring abusive priests around let alone the personal abuse allegations but let’s face it- it just is not right. If he had a full repentance on his death bed we should be told that is the reason for the send off he had.

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John M's avatar

May God lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.

But this all smacks of clericalism. One of “our guys,” even if he blithely disobeyed and also ruined not a few people’s lives back in the day (directly or indirectly), still gets a buddy’s welcome.

I wish some bishop would say, “I want no accolades or plaudits at my funeral. Whatever good I did, I was an unprofitable servant. But the curse of my generation’s failures lays heavily upon me. I do not stand apart from them.”

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