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Cardinal Bernard Francis Law

Cardinal Bernard Law, who has died 15 years after he resigned as Boston's archbishop amid allegations that he covered up for pedophile priests, will receive a full cardinal's funeral Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

The funeral plans appear to follow the Catholic Church's protocol for cardinals who die in Rome, even as a network of survivors of sex abuse by priests has publicly called on the Vatican to keep survivors in mind when planning the event.

Before the funeral plans were announced, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests had urged against a "Celebratory focus" on Law.

"We highly doubt there is a single victim of abuse who will ever receive the same attention, pomp and circumstance by Pope Francis," the network said in a news release after Law's death. Ref. CNN

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Law Francis Bernard Cardinal

This is why religion is so full of holes. They care more about pomp and ceremony rather than the abuse caused by this man.