Let's stipulate that Cardinal Bernard Francis Law was the worst bishop of Boston in the 209 years of the diocese.
The clergy sex abuse scandal mangled the lives of children and their families, shook the faith of devoted Catholics, prevented would-be converts from joining, cost an amazing amount of money, and gave cover to lazy Catholics looking for an excuse to continue not going to church.
A patrolman ordered not to talk to the media by the police department in Portsmouth, New Hampshire gave an interview to The Portsmouth Herald saying he had often seen another police officer in the home of a wealthy woman who ended up leaving him money when she died.
