VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Latest on the death of Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston who was a central figure in the clergy sex abuse scandal. (all times local):
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The Vatican says Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston, has died at 86.
FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004 file photo, Cardinal Bernard Law has his skull cap adjusted during the ceremony for Our Lady of the Snows, in St. Mary Major’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. An official with the Catholic Church says Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston, has died at 86. Law recently had recently been hospitalized in Rome. Law stepped down under pressure in 2002 over his handling of clergy sex abuse cases. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)
Law recently had recently been hospitalized in Rome. The Holy See said in a statement that Law died early Wednesday following a long illness.
Law was the Boston archbishop in 2002 when court documents revealed he had failed to stop priests who molested children.
Law and other church leaders had moved guilty clergy from parish to parish in Massachusetts without alerting parents or police. He resigned amid a public uproar over his actions.
Vatican officials later appointed him to run a major basilica in Rome. Critics condemned the appointment as a reward for the cardinal.
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