Up and died, seemingly alone and friendless in Rome. He was compelled to flee his flock at the full flood of the local Clerical Sex Abuse Scandal and lived out his days the rector of a Basilica in Rome an exile and a prisoner in all but name.
Catholics are taught that God Forgiveness is freely granted to those that sincerely seek it, regardless of the magnitude of their crimes, so who knows maybe Law repented his complicity in an awful series of molestation cases perpetrated by local Catholic Clergy...who knows?
But let the record show Law never betrayed any real public contrition over what he did wrong, the most he ever copped to, and that was under pressure, was that he regretted the pain wrought by his "mistakes".
THAT is all the mercy & justice he ever offered the victims.
And then having cost the Dioceses of Boston 80 million large in damages & at last forced the closure of dozens of sub marginal parishes...he jetted off to the safety of Rome.
The irony is, the local big money Catholics, the "Parish Council Types" forced his ouster they refused to continue to fundraise for an outright Patron of Pederasts, and when you've lost that lot, its over for you mah friend.
Cardinal Law was lucky he had clerical protectors above him just he he protected the priestly pederasts, otherwise a Prince of the Church would've heard the crash of iron for sure.
And likely he should have...
The Vatican is going the Full Dress Route for Law's Funeral, but from their perspective, they've buried bigger scoundrels with far more pomp & circumstance.
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