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'There Will Be Guidance'.(Brief Article)(Interview)
When the pope and American cardinals convene this week to discuss the sexual-abuse scandal plaguing the U.S. Roman Catholic Church, it will be a vindication of sorts for Bishop Wilton Gregory. As president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which serves as the church's national voice on religious matters but cannot set church policy, Gregory has tried to help the nation's 430 bishops contain the scandal. But he has found them sharply divided on how to approach the issue, which they will take up at their yearly meeting this June. Earlier this month he went to Rome to inform the pope of the problem--and encourage him to seize a leadership role. John Paul II declined to intervene at that time, but changed course dramatically last week after a secret meeting with Boston's embattled cardinal, Bernard Law. Gregory gave his behind-the-scenes account in an interview last week with NEWSWEEK's David France.
Did you request this week's meeting?
I did not request the meeting. The meeting was the decision of the Holy See. I discussed the situation with a number of people including the Holy Father himself.
Earlier you said the issue had been handed back to the American leadership to think about and to try to solve.
I think it still is.
Haven't things changed now that the pope has called the cardinals together?
It's a preparatory meeting. The media may have hyped this as though next week the problem will be solved... The cardinals' meeting and my attendance this week [is intended to foster] dialogue with members of the Curia [so that] when we meet in June we are better prepared to propose a course of action that we are fairly certain will enjoy the full endorsement of the various offices of the Holy See. It's background work.
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