Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the commission's head, acknowledged the church's failure to victims in the past and said the commission would work to continue to address “the unjust suffering that you have endured.”
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“There is no room in ministry for those who would violate so profoundly those entrusted to their care,” the commission said in a statement, adding that it remained concerned overall about the church's disciplinary procedures and their “inadequacies.”
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