{"id":8289,"date":"2003-12-20T23:24:50","date_gmt":"2003-12-20T23:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2003\/12\/in_new_york.html"},"modified":"2003-12-20T23:24:50","modified_gmt":"2003-12-20T23:24:50","slug":"in_new_york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2003\/12\/in_new_york.html","title":{"rendered":"In New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Priests fault Egan for his treatment of accused clerics<\/a><\/p>\n

In a rare challenge, 74 priests of the Archdiocese of New York indirectly assailed Cardinal Edward M. Egan for failing to support their brother priests accused of sexual abuse, and called for a face-to-face meeting.<\/p>\n

“We need to tell you again what you already know; the morale of the New York presbyterate is at an all-time low,” the priests said in a petition to the cardinal. The reason, they said, is that the propositions of church law and Pope John Paul II’s teachings on a bishop’s care of his priests “have not been done.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Accused priest gets support<\/a><\/p>\n

Msgr. Charles M. Kavanagh may be facing banishment from the priesthood over a sexual abuse allegation. But if he goes, it will not be quietly.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, he bathed in a sea of love from nearly 300 friends, former parishioners and family members who came to a banquet hall in the Bronx to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his ordination.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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