Gingrich attends funeral of disgraced US cardinal in Rome
BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 12/21/17 06:39 PM EST
U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See-designate Callista Gingrich attended the funeral of the disgraced Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned amid the Roman Catholic Churchs sex abuse scandal, in Rome on Thursday.
Gingrich, who attended the service at St. Peter's Basilica with her husband former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), told The Atlantic she and her husband were "blessed to be here today. [Law] was a dear friend.” Gingrich is set to officially assume her ambassadorship Friday.
Law, who is the former archbishop of Boston, played a major role in the sex abuse scandal that plagued the church in the 20th and 21st centuries.
The cardinal was accused of covering up numerous cases of rape and molestation and subsequently stepped down from his post in Boston in 2002.
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