That same spokesperson last week said that Law was in prayerful seclusion when, in reality, he was in Rome.
It could be a lie, but if it is, it's beyond stupid. Why totally destroy the meager shredds of credibility you have left?
Did any of you see 20/20 tonight with the gentlemen in their 60's who have tried to get one of the Pope's right hand guys ex-communicated for molesting them? They even brought a suit at the Vatican but no one even interviewed them. 20/20 tried to get the Italian cardinal who's closest to the Pope to speak about it and he was having none of it because he's protecting this priest. This cardinal, according to 20/20 (Rath-something) is apparently the one the Pope put in charge of looking into priest sexual abuse. Nothing like having the foxes guard the henhouse.
I have to agree with an earlier post, that this stuff in one way or another more than likely affects several of the American cardinals, and they fear if they call Law on his behavior, that they'll be called on theirs as well. Sad Sad Sad.
I also doubt that this problem is isolated to the American Catholic church. Interesting that we aren't hearing victims come forward, though, in Britain, Ireland, and Italy. I would have thought that we might by now.