Cover up a church sex scandal and get a promotion!

Remember Cardinal Law?

The Boston archbishop who had to resign because of the massive church sex scandal cover up?

Vatican Appoints Former Boston Archbishop to Be Head of a Rome Basilica
The Associated Press
Published: May 27, 2004

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope John Paul II on Thursday gave Cardinal Bernard Law an official position in Rome, naming the former Boston archbishop who resigned in the sex abuse scandal as head of a basilica.

Law, 72, will have the title archpriest of St. Mary Major Basilica, a largely ceremonial post often given to retired prelates.

He resigned on Dec. 13, 2002, to quell an outcry over his handling of sex abuse cases involving clergy.

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This papal appointment is significant because St. Mary Major Basilica is, itself, significant.

St. Mary Major is the greatest of many churches dedicated to Our Lady; it is the only Roman basilica which, in spite of several additional decorations, has retained its original shape. It was built, as the legend goes, in 352 B.C. after an appearance of the Blessed Virgin. The basilica, also called "Liberiana", dates from the time of Pope Sixtus III(432-440).

The Mouth Of Truth is there.

Popes are buried there.

But there's even more!

The crib of the baby Jesus Is under the altar! (And all is well on Planet Oh Right Sure!)

St. Mary Major was the site of Ignatius' first Mass, which he waited one year after being ordained a priest to celebrate. He had always had a strong devotion to the Nativity of Christ and hoped to offer his first Mass in Bethlehem at the Church of the Nativity. After circumstances made it impossible for Ignatius and the companions to travel from Venice, where Ignatius was ordained, to Jerusalem, they came to Rome.
Ignatius chose St. Mary Major for his first mass because it housed the relic of the Crib, from the birth of Jesus. The relic (now under the High Altar), used to be kept in the crypt of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel called the "Sistine Chapel" from the name of its donor, Pope Sixtus V. In the crypt Father Ignatius said his first Mass, "with great feeling and divine enlightenment," on Christmas Day of 1538.

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I'd like to know how you justify putting a child sex abuse scandal guy in charge of Baby Jesus' crib.

I just don't get it.