LETTERS NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition
It was disgusting and mind-boggling to read that Bishop William Murphy has the audacity to call on Long Island Catholics to devote nine days to prayers for forgiveness and reconciliation in the aftermath of the church's priest sex abuse crisis ["Murphy calls for prayer," News, May 21]...
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| Published in | Newsday |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Long Island, N.Y
Newsday LLC
03.06.2004
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| Edition | Combined editions |
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| Summary: | It was disgusting and mind-boggling to read that Bishop William Murphy has the audacity to call on Long Island Catholics to devote nine days to prayers for forgiveness and reconciliation in the aftermath of the church's priest sex abuse crisis ["Murphy calls for prayer," News, May 21]. If Murphy had even the slightest remnant of decency in him, he would have resigned a long time ago when his complicity in the Boston archdiocese scandal was revealed. "The tricky business of saying, 'Sorry,' " [Part 2, May 17] on what constitutes a real apology provides a good commentary on President George W. Bush's response to the Abu Ghraib scandal. Bush said he regrets the incident, but the article's criterion of a real apology includes a confession of wrong, a show of genuine remorse, and action to correct the wrong. Lacking these, it is an "apologia" to regain a virtuous image and manipulate public opinion. After reading "Suffolk strikes out" [News, May 26], the most recent attempt to provide insight into the operations of Citibank Park and the Long Island Ducks, I was dismayed not only by Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki's mischaracterization of the county's lease agreement with the Ducks as a "sweetheart deal," but also by the sliver of light that you chose to shine on this large subject. |
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