Breaking: Reports: Bernard Law, who resigned as Archbishop of Boston amid a massive clergy sex abuse scandal, dies at 86

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   Bernard Law, the embattled former Boston cardinal whose legacy amid the clergy sex abuse scandal ushered in a painful era for the Roman Catholic Church, died in Rome at the age of 86, according to The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald. At the time he resigned in disgrace in 2002, Law was the nation's senior cardinal. Church records showed that he and other Boston officials transferred priests from parish to parish despite records of abuse. The Boston Globe's Spotlight investigative reporting team first made public the widespread pattern of abuse in Boston's clergy. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM   Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108