Saturday, May 14, 2005

New Prefect, Levada, already criticized by SNAP for his handling of sex abuse cases

As they say, "You can't please all the people all the time." Or even some of the people some of the time, so it seems.

New Vatican Enforcer Criticized Over Abuse

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: May 14, 2005
Filed at 5:58 a.m. ET

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Archbishop William Levada, who catapulted Friday into the most influential Vatican post ever held by an American, has a track record of upholding Roman Catholic policies while deftly handling controversy. But his appointment as the chief enforcer of church doctrine was sharply criticized by clerical sex abuse victims, who say he's done a poor job of dealing with the crisis. Levada countered that his experience with the issue is an advantage for the church.

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