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Cardinal Bernard Law, Who Resigned From Boston Archdiocese During Abuse Scandal, Dies At 86

Cardinal Bernard Law, former Archbishop of Boston who resigned in 2002 in the wake of the clergy sex abuse scandal, has died at age 86.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with John Allen ( @JohnLAllenJr), editor of Crux, about Law’s legacy.

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