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| catholicnewworld.com Archive 2002 |
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 The Catholic New World April 28, 2002   Clerical Sexual Misconduct Policies & Procedures Parish Pride: With 3,600 registered families, this may be the largest parish in Chicago.The Interview: Sowing the seeds of peace through  dialogue: “If we stop with dialogue, then all is lost, and we should speak about the problems rather than be silent about them.” - Michelle Martin talks with Cardinal Walter Kasper.News Digest & UpdatesChurch Clips: a column of benevolent gossip by Dolores MadlenerObservations by Tom Sheridan: We’d gotten off on a tangent, not an unusual event for a radio interview, perhaps especially one with Cardinal George. Departments ObituariesClassified AdsContact UsFeedbackSubscribe to the Catholic New World print editionAdvertise - connect with Catholic readers Catholic Web sites New World Publications CATÓLICO: Periódico oficial en Español de la Arquidiócesis de Chicago Katolik Archdiocesan Directory: New 2002 edition now available Site Map Archives Site updated: |
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It’s been five years. Cardinal George was named archbishop of Chicago April 8, 1997, just five months after the death of Cardinal Bernardin. It was an appointment then deemed surprising by many. After all, Archbishop George of Portland, Ore., had held that post a mere 10 months before being appointed to Chicago, one of the most important U.S. sees. And he had, in fact, only been named a bishop a scant six years earlier, charged then with guiding the Catholics of Yakima, Wash., a small, mostly rural, diocese with many minority and migrant workers. Session probes serious, national policy Also under discussion was a national policy for handling allegations of sexual abuse by clergy, one perhaps modeled on Chicago’s in-place process that includes an independent, mostly-lay, review board.
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