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...triumph of outdated and intolerant dogma over practical effectiveness, the Boston Archdiocese??€™s Catholic Charities adoption agency decided to halt its services after its contract expires later this year. The decision, triggered by the Church’s disagreement with the Massachusetts state law allowing gays and lesbians to adopt children, prompted Mass. Governor Mitt Romney to publicly push for an exception to the law in the interests of religious freedom. While we agree with Romney that an exception should be made for the licensing of Catholic Charities, our support for the exemption rests solely our practical concern...
...instead went to Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley, who last September tapped Hehir to be the archdiocese??€™s charity chief...
Hehir assumed control of the archdiocese??€™s vast network of social services programs this year with an annual budget of nearly $40 million. While some observers were stunned by Hehir’s decision to leave his national post for a local one, advocates for sexual abuse victims hailed O’Malley’s appointment of Hehir...
Even those charged with being the moral vanguards of society must pay monetary damages for misbehavior. In this vein, Archbishop Sean O’Malley and the Archdiocese of Boston are rightfully selling part of the archdiocese??€™s Brighton campus and the former Residence of the Archbishop to pay the $85 million settlement it is facing due to the pedophilic abuses of its priests. While this action only monetarily repays the hundreds of men whose innocence was destroyed by unfaithful priests, it is at least a small step toward healing the wounded trust between the archbishop...
...archdiocese??€”and especially Law—found itself the subject of nationwide scrutiny with the child molestation conviction last February of former priest John Geoghan and accusations that he had molested 130 children over his 30-year career. There were additional allegations that Law and other archdiocese officials knew of the abuse and had covered it up by moving Geoghan from parish to parish...