A "final disposition. .. one way or another": The Real End of the First Curran Affair
2005; The Catholic University of America Press; Volume: 91; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/cat.2006.0051
ISSN1534-0708
Autores Tópico(s)Theology and Canon Law Studies
ResumoIn 2003, as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) opened its June meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, the clergy sexual abuse scandal was obviously at the top of the list of continuing concerns. The President of the Conference, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, musing, perhaps lamenting, his leadership role at such a uniquely difficult time, told a Washington Post reporter that he wished his mentor, the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, "or the late John Cardinal Dearden were around to help guide the church."1 Gregory might as easily have added one more name to his wish list: Alexander Zaleski, Bishop of Lansing from 1965 to 1975, confidant of Dearden and admirer of Bernardin. For four crucial years (1966–1970), he was also the first chairman of the singularly important Bishops' Committee on Doctrine (COD), one of the busiest and most essential of some two dozen standing committees for what was then the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB). As chairman, Zaleski was an insightful and highly respected leader of the American hierarchy. He was also an effective conciliator between the bishops' conference and the American Catholic Theological Society. Together with bishops like Dearden and Bernardin, he was a moderate and cautiously optimistic proponent of aggiornamento (renewal or updating) and the principles of collegiality and subsidiarity endorsed by Vatican Council [End Page 714] Click for larger view Figure 1 Most Reverend Alexander M. Zaleski, Bishop of Lansing (1965–1975) Courtesy of the Archives of the Diocese of Lansing
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