Commission for the Protection of Children meets to help Boston's Cardinal Law

  BRIGHTON, Mass. (CNS) -- Boston Cardinal Bernard Law's 15-member Commission for the Protection of Children met for the first time on March 16 [2002] to select its chair and develop a charter for its work in coming months.
  Chairwoman Maureen Bateman, general counsel for State Street Corp., told reporters in a press conference following the group's meeting that they "have every confidence" the cardinal "will approve of everything" in the report the body will put together.
  The commission created a four-point charger during the meeting that Bateman described as "forward looking rather than past assessing."
  The cardinal established the "blue-ribbon" commission during a January 24 press conference as one response to a growing clergy sex abuse scandal.
  It is charged with critiquing archdiocesan policies and advising the cardinal on future handling of sex abuse allegations.

"Commission meets," The Record, Perth, March 28 2002, p 16
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