Sister Catherine Mulkerrin, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, while working for the Archdiocese of Boston, did her best to persuade her bishop, John B. McCormack, that something needed to be done about predatory pedophile priests.
Like the rest of the church, the bishop was slow to act, following the ill-advised lead of his own boss, Cardinal Bernard Law. The archdiocese's inaction eventually cost the church hundreds of millions of dollars.
Sister Mulkerrin testified in lawsuits in 2002 and 2003 that finally led to the Cardinal Law's resignation.
Mulkerrin, who also had been a teacher, died in 2008 at age 72.
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