{"id":7301,"date":"2004-05-11T13:34:19","date_gmt":"2004-05-11T13:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/conflict.html"},"modified":"2004-05-11T13:34:19","modified_gmt":"2004-05-11T13:34:19","slug":"conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/conflict.html","title":{"rendered":"Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between the National Review Board and the bishops<\/a><\/p>\n

The high-profile lay committee investigating the clergy sex abuse scandals was “manipulated” by the bishops, who used the 13-member National Review Board for public relations cover while withholding key information from the panel.<\/p>\n

That charge was made in a March 30 letter from Anne Burke, the Illinois Court of Appeal Justice who serves as the Board’s interim chair, to bishops’ conference President Wilton Gregory. <\/p>\n

Copies of correspondence obtained by NCR indicate the board’s relationship with dozens of members of the hierarchy is severely strained. While the language used by the NRB and the bishops falls short of the invective that led then-NRB chairman Frank Keating to resign in June 2003 (he compared the bishops to the mafia), it is far from collegial. Board members question the bishops’ commitment to child protection, while some bishops charge the NRB has strayed beyond its mandate. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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