Posted on 05/01/2002 1:37:27 PM PDT by ThomasMore
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:45 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Bishop John B. McCormack should resign because he ignored warnings that priests were molesting children, according to a petition circulating through the state's Roman Catholic parishes.
''It is clear to us that Bishop McCormack cannot function effectively as the pastoral leader for this diocese any longer,'' Jim Farrell, one of the creators of the petition, said Wednesday in a telephone interview.
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