Bernard Law begins testimony

February 26, 2003

BOSTON (AP) — Cardinal Bernard Law began testifying Tuesday before a grand jury investigating whether criminal charges should be filed against him or any other top church officials for their handling of priests accused of sexual abuse.
Law resigned as Boston archbishop in December after enduring a year of revelations that he and top aides reassigned priests who were known molesters to different parishes.
Reilly’s office would not comment on Law’s testimony Tuesday. Reilly has been publicly critical of church officials, but has also acknowledged the difficulty in bringing criminal charges against them
“There was a cover-up. There was an elaborate scheme,” Reilly said in December. But “it is very difficult under the criminal laws of this state to hold a superior accountable for the acts of another.’

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