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Petition calls for McCormack's resignation
The Boston Globe ^ | 05/01/2002 15:08 | J.M. Hirsch, Associated Press

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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TOPICS: General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: catholic; homosexuality; mccormack; pedophilia; sexscandal
This will get a lot uglier if the Bishops don't make decisive moves soon.
1 posted on 05/01/2002 1:37:27 PM PDT by ThomasMore
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