Protection of minors: Card.
DiNardo underscores role of lay people
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| Cardinal Daniel DiNardo (foreground) |
In an interview during the meeting in the Vatican on the
“Protection of Minors in the Church”, US Cardinal Daniel DiNardo said the role
of the laity is crucial.
By Robin Gomes
US Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the Archbishop of
Galveston-Houston, Texas, and president of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is participating in the February 21-24
meeting in the Vatican on the “Protection of Minors in the Church”.
On the sidelines of the meeting, he spoke to Seán Patrick
Lovett about the role of lay people in helping tackle the clerical sexual abuse
of minors in the Church.
Card. DiNardo expressed support for what fellow US Cardinal
Blase Cupich said in his presentation on Friday about the role of the
laity. The USCCB president said the role of the laity was “very
significant and crucial” in helping eradicate the problem of the abuse of
minors as a Church.
He said it is a “good and normal thing”, and not an
exception, to have really well-experienced lay people in helping out on the
issue.
Card. DiNardo noted that he in the US every diocese has
review boards, which he said are “incredibly helpful” to bishops to help
discern and reach a decision regarding priests who have been accused.
Regarding passing on the US bishops’ expertise to bishops in
other parts of the world that are culturally different, the 69-year old
cardinal said it could be done in the “light of the cultural experiences that
each place has”.
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