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Cardinal Bernard Law, Who Resigned From Boston Archdiocese During Abuse Scandal, Dies At 8603:48
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December 20, 2017
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Cardinal Bernard Law leads a Mass celebrated in the Pope John Paul II's memory, at the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome in 2005. Cardinal Law resigned in disgrace as archbishop of Boston over his role in the clergy sex abuse crisis. He died Dec. 20, 2017. (Luca Bruno/AP)
Cardinal Bernard Law leads a Mass celebrated in the Pope John Paul II's memory, at the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome in 2005. Cardinal Law resigned in disgrace as archbishop of Boston over his role in the clergy sex abuse crisis. He died Dec. 20, 2017. (Luca Bruno/AP)
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Cardinal Bernard Law, former Archbishop of Boston who resigned in 2002 in the wake of the clergy sex abuse scandal, has died at age 86.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with John Allen (@JohnLAllenJr), editor of Crux, about Law's legacy.

This segment aired on December 20, 2017.

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