Cardinal Bernard Law (R) walks down the aisle after a Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Bos.....
Cardinal Bernard Law (R) walks down the aisle after a Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, April 21, 2002. [Law, a central figure in the sex abuse crisis roiling the Roman Catholic Church, conceded Sunday there is resentment against "aged, conservative" U.S. cardinals and the scandal is undermining the mission of the church. In his first public remarks since going into seclusion two weeks ago, Law, the senior U.S. Roman Catholic prelate, said Pope John Paul II's summoning of U.S. cardinals to meet in Rome this week was a "wake-up call" for the Catholic Church.]