{"id":305,"date":"2010-11-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/surprise-promotion-for-ny-archbishop-progress-for-abuse-victims.html"},"modified":"2010-11-17T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T08:00:00","slug":"surprise-promotion-for-ny-archbishop-progress-for-abuse-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/surprise-promotion-for-ny-archbishop-progress-for-abuse-victims.html","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Promotion for NY Archbishop: Progress for Abuse Victims?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic and secular media outlets alike blared the news yesterday: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/features-the-religion-world\/2010\/11\/16\/in-surprise-pick-u-s-catholic-bishops-pick-n-y-archbishop-as-new-leader\/\">in a surprise upset<\/a>, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is the new head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) &#8212; the first time in decades that the group&#8217;s sitting vice president, in this case Bishop Gerald Kincanas of Arizona,&nbsp;won&#8217;t get the job.<\/p>\n<p>Could this be considered a&nbsp;victory for&nbsp;clergy abuse&nbsp;victim advocates, including the&nbsp;Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP)? On the one hand, SNAP never seems to&nbsp;like any bishops, and even issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapnetwork.org\/snap_press_releases\/2010_press_releases\/111210_ny_archbishop_running_to_head_americas_prelates.htm\">statement against Dolan<\/a>, but the group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapnetwork.org\/snap_press_releases\/2010_press_releases\/111510_victims_vigil_tonight_outside_us_bishops_meeting_oppose_2_candidates.htm\"><em>really <\/em>had a problem with Kincanas<\/a>. (Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2010-11-09-pope09_ST_N.htm?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)\">Pope Benedict has called on cardinals from around the world to convene at the Vatican on Nov. 19 to discuss the abuse scandal<\/a>, so stay tuned for those headlines next week.) Or is this just another form of anti-incumbent sentiment in American politics?<\/p>\n<p>Different articles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/11\/17\/us\/17bishops.html\">stress different aspects <\/a>of the USCCB decision &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2010\/11\/us-catholic-bishops-deliver-shocking-upset\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+getreligion\/DmXm+(GetReligion)\">GetReligion already&nbsp;has a blog post&nbsp;up about the coverage <\/a><em>and <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2010\/11\/open-thread-whats-up-with-bishops-coverage\/\">an open thread for comments <\/a>&#8212;&nbsp;so check out these links for a complete picture:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2010\/11\/16\/catholic-bishops-reject-moderate-elect-new-yorks-timothy-dolan\/\">Catholic bishops reject moderate leader, elect New York&#8217;s Timothy Dolan in a shocker <\/a>(David Gibson at Politics Daily)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com\/\">Notes on a &#8220;Timquake&#8221; <\/a>(Rocco Palmo at Whispers in the Loggia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/Religion-News\/RNS-Bishops-in-surprise-move-elect-New-York-s-Dolan-as-president.aspx\">Bishops, in surprise move, elect New York&#8217;s Dolan as president <\/a>(Religion News Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.lohudblogs.com\/2010\/11\/16\/dolan-not-yet-a-cardinal-but-a-president\/\">Dolan not yet a cardinal, but a president <\/a>(Gary Stern at Blogging Religiously)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/church-analyst-election-of-archbishop-dolan-signals-desire-for-strong-leader\/\">Church analyst: Elect of Archbishop Dolan signals desire for strong leader <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/archive\/atheologies\/3749\/us_catholic_bishops_elect_a_culture_warrior\/\">US Catholic bishops elect a culture warrior<\/a> (Religion Dispatches)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic and secular media outlets alike blared the news yesterday: in a surprise upset, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is the new head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) &#8212; the first time in decades that the group&#8217;s sitting vice president, in this case Bishop Gerald Kincanas of Arizona,&nbsp;won&#8217;t get the job. 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