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Washington vetoes cardinal defended pedophilia silence before
sexual abuse victims get the Colombian Cardinal Dario Castrillon not officiate a Mass on Saturday.
Organisers of a mass in Washington in honor of the Pope decided to withdraw as officiating Colombian Cardinal last week defended the silence about child abuse, after receiving numerous complaints from victims of sexual abuse in the United States.
Cardinal Dario Castrillon, 80, was to lead a Mass on Saturday in the largest Latin U.S. Catholic basilica to mark the fifth anniversary of the proclamation as Pope Benedict XVI.
The organizers have decided to remove him after the controversy following the announcement that in 2001 wrote a letter congratulating a French priest to hide a case of child abuse to authorities.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP acronym) on Tuesday questioned the pope and the archbishop of Washington not to allow contact Castrillón mass.
Although both had publicly distanced Cardinal, none has been directly involved.
The decision to wean Castrillón as celebrant was taken by the Institute Paulus, the lay group that organizes the mass after local priests said they would not attend the office and that raised the level of public opposition to the event, reports the BBC journalist in Washington, Madeleine Morris.
An event reported
"Saturday's event had to be prepared for three years," said Morris. "Now, just three days of celebration, the organizers have to find a new officiating."
Mass in the Basilica of Washington is designed as a major event which will feature a choir of a hundred voices in Latin and Castrillón was chosen because of its recognized world authority on the nature of the office of Masses in Latin.
This is the first time in fifty years that is celebrated in Latin or Tridentine Mass in the Basilica of Washington.
After Golias French magazine last week published the controversial letter, Castrillón tried to justify saying that was approved by Pope John Paul II to send the letter.
SNAP Executive Director David Clohessy said, "the letter is the strongest offense received by the victims in the last decade."
Clohessy said that to allow Castrillón celebrate Mass, "we would be pouring salt on a fresh and deep wounds. "
Benedict XVI in Rome on Wednesday promised to act to end the sex abuse scandal in the Church in the most explicit reference has been made so far to the crisis by pedophilia scandals. BBC
Mundo.com
Washington vetoes cardinal defended pedophilia silence before
sexual abuse victims get the Colombian Cardinal Dario Castrillon not officiate a Mass on Saturday.
Organisers of a mass in Washington in honor of the Pope decided to withdraw as officiating Colombian Cardinal last week defended the silence about child abuse, after receiving numerous complaints from victims of sexual abuse in the United States.
Cardinal Dario Castrillon, 80, was to lead a Mass on Saturday in the largest Latin U.S. Catholic basilica to mark the fifth anniversary of the proclamation as Pope Benedict XVI.
The organizers have decided to remove him after the controversy following the announcement that in 2001 wrote a letter congratulating a French priest to hide a case of child abuse to authorities.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP acronym) on Tuesday questioned the pope and the archbishop of Washington not to allow contact Castrillón mass.
Although both had publicly distanced Cardinal, none has been directly involved.
The decision to wean Castrillón as celebrant was taken by the Institute Paulus, the lay group that organizes the mass after local priests said they would not attend the office and that raised the level of public opposition to the event, reports the BBC journalist in Washington, Madeleine Morris.
An event reported
"Saturday's event had to be prepared for three years," said Morris. "Now, just three days of celebration, the organizers have to find a new officiating."
Mass in the Basilica of Washington is designed as a major event which will feature a choir of a hundred voices in Latin and Castrillón was chosen because of its recognized world authority on the nature of the office of Masses in Latin.
This is the first time in fifty years that is celebrated in Latin or Tridentine Mass in the Basilica of Washington.
After Golias French magazine last week published the controversial letter, Castrillón tried to justify saying that was approved by Pope John Paul II to send the letter.
SNAP Executive Director David Clohessy said, "the letter is the strongest offense received by the victims in the last decade."
Clohessy said that to allow Castrillón celebrate Mass, "we would be pouring salt on a fresh and deep wounds. "
Benedict XVI in Rome on Wednesday promised to act to end the sex abuse scandal in the Church in the most explicit reference has been made so far to the crisis by pedophilia scandals. BBC
Mundo.com
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