By Julia Duin
The Catholic bishop of Tulsa was tapped Thursday morning as a last-minute replacement to lead a massive Latin Mass slated for Saturday at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception after the original celebrant, a Colombian cardinal, stepped aside after being linked to the church's clergy sex-abuse scandal.
Bishop Edward J. Slattery will preside at the ornate solemn high pontifical Mass - to be said in Latin - after Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, 80, was named in the French press accounts last week for lauding a French bishop who refused to cooperate with authorities to remove a pedophile priest from his duties back in 2001.
Linked cardinal replaced for high Mass - Washington Times
No comments:
Post a Comment