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13.12.02, 21:19
THE VATICAN said Pope John Paul II had accepted the resignation after
the two men met Friday morning. The pope named Bishop Richard Lennon, an
auxiliary bishop in Boston, to run the diocese temporarily.
“I am profoundly grateful to the Holy Father for having accepted my
resignation,” Law said in a written statement released by the Vatican. “It is
my fervent prayer that this action may help the archdiocese of Boston to
experience the healing, reconciliation and unity which are so desperately
needed.”
“To all those who have suffered from my shortcomings and mistakes, I
both apologize and from them beg forgiveness.”
Law is the highest-ranking church leader to fall as a result of the
clerical sex abuse crisis that has plagued the Roman Catholic Church this
year.
The pope was described by a Vatican official as “deeply saddened” by
the whole affair.