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While Boston’s Cardinal Seán O’Malley and other U.S. bishops responded by reporting the accusations against Dolan and NAC officials to the Washington-based Apostolic Nuncio as early as May of 2020, it appears that the Vatican is covering up the bombshell allegations about to be exposed. <

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[pepsi_junkie]

A couple of years ago I sat in a pew as the pastor in my parish (a good man) read a letter from the Bishop of our diocese in response to the huge sex scandal that was brewing at that time. Far from being humble it was belligerent, essentially absolving the priests of wrong doing and declaring the victims as liars and chastised us for daring to sympathize with them, but the diocese would graciously consent to make some purely symbolic changes like having priests attend a sensitivity class.

I was boiling, the only reason I didn't walk out in the middle of that letter was because my wife would have been embarrassed. Up until then I kept feeling like the church could be changed from within if good people worked to save it but that letter broke me. It was clear to me that the hierarchy in the church cared only about making sure the party never ended. I didn't walk out but I haven't been back since. Or rather, barely. I feel out of communion with the RC Church. I just don't know if I'll ever truly feel it's my home again.

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I guess I’d like to see more evidence than a claim from some lawyer.

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[Fedora]

Dolan had experience doing damage control for Weakland before he was moved to New York.