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Vatican City --
Cardinal Bernard Law helped lead a mourning Mass for Pope John Paul II on Monday, amid protests about his time as archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, during a sexual abuse scandal.
Court documents showed that Law knowingly moved priests accused of sexually abusing young people from parish to parish without disclosing allegations against them.
Law acknowledged that he had failed to discipline priests accused of abusing hundreds of young people in the Boston area.
Amid public outrage, Law resigned in 2002 and was later appointed archpriest of Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
On Monday, Law celebrated one of nine scheduled Masses at St. Peter's Basilica to mourn the pope, who died April 2 at age 84. Each Mass is being celebrated by a high-ranking church member.
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Cardinal Bernard Law helped lead a mourning Mass for Pope John Paul II on Monday, amid protests about his time as archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, during a sexual abuse scandal.
Court documents showed that Law knowingly moved priests accused of sexually abusing young people from parish to parish without disclosing allegations against them.
Law acknowledged that he had failed to discipline priests accused of abusing hundreds of young people in the Boston area.
Amid public outrage, Law resigned in 2002 and was later appointed archpriest of Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
On Monday, Law celebrated one of nine scheduled Masses at St. Peter's Basilica to mourn the pope, who died April 2 at age 84. Each Mass is being celebrated by a high-ranking church member.
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