Law to be probed on sex allegations

BOSTON Cardinal Bernard Law, head of the Roman Catholic archdiocese at the centre of a national child sex scandal afflicting the Church, faced a new round of questioning yesterday over his handling of priests accused of molesting children.

Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who represents 86 plaintiffs who accuse Law and others in the archdiocese in a civil suit of covering up abuse by defrocked priests and convicted paedophile John Geoghan, will question Law for three hours.

On Wednesday evening, the Boston archdiocese said it suspended another priest while it probes a 25-year-old allegation of sexual misconduct. On Tuesday, the LA archdiocese was hit by a class action lawsuit over sex abuse.