{"id":4849,"date":"2006-02-07T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2006-02-07T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/priest-publicly-criticizes-cardinal.html"},"modified":"2006-02-07T11:35:29","modified_gmt":"2006-02-07T11:35:29","slug":"priest-publicly-criticizes-cardinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/02\/priest-publicly-criticizes-cardinal.html","title":{"rendered":"Priest publicly criticizes Cardinal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailysouthtown.com\/southtown\/dsindex\/07-ds1.htm\">In Chicago:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A prominent Chicago priest has called on Cardinal Francis George to resign his position as head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago if he impeded the removal of a priest accused of molesting young boys when the allegations first arose last year. <\/p>\n<p>During his homilies on Sunday, the Rev. William Kenneally, the longtime pastor of St. Gertrude&#8217;s parish in the Edgewater neighborhood, read aloud from a Feb. 4 Chicago Sun-Times column titled &quot;Saving face trumps saving children&quot; by Sue Ontiveros about her disappointment in George&#8217;s handling of the new allegations of abuse. <\/p>\n<p>Kenneally, St. Gertrude&#8217;s pastor for 22 years who is set to retire in July, then added his own comments about George. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I said that if it&#8217;s true what some people say, that he countermanded the mission, if that is true, then he should&quot; resign, Kenneally said Monday. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chicago: A prominent Chicago priest has called on Cardinal Francis George to resign his position as head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago if he impeded the removal of a priest accused of molesting young boys when the allegations first arose last year. 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