Posted on 08/30/2018 9:55:21 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
The Greensburg Catholic Diocese removed the name of the late Bishop William Connare from a retreat center in Unity Township, Bishop Edward Malesic said Wednesday.
The move was the latest of a series of aftershocks rippling across the state in the wake of the Aug. 14 grand jury report that detailed seven decades of priest sexual abuse allegations and cover-ups by church leaders in six dioceses across the state, including Greensburg and Pittsburgh.
Malesic said the decision to strike Connare’s name from the center was made at the request of several survivors of priest sexual abuse who said it was troubling to see the name of a bishop accused of covering-up abuse on the highway marquee along Route 30.
A committee of lay advisors working in conjunction with Malesic settled on the facility’s new name — Christ Our Shepherd Center
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These guys should not be naming schools and conference centers after themselves in the first place. Shepherds of the Flock are supposed to demonstrate humility.
The renaming puts the focus back on Christ, which is as it should be.
“These guys should not be naming schools and conference centers after themselves in the first place.”
He didn’t.
Bishop Connare was educated at the former St. Joseph Hall, a minor seminary that now serves as the retreat center (The Bishop William G. Connare Center) near Greensburg, in 1964. It was named after Connare MORE THAN TWO DECADES AFTER HE DIED. He left office in 1987. He died in 1995. Until at least 2007 the place was called the St. Joseph Conference Center: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/westmoreland/2007/02/04/St-Joseph-s-Center-in-Westmoreland-County-is-a-favorite-place-for-religious-conferences-now-it-s-also-a-school-for-State-Police-trainees/stories/200702040283
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