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James Serritella, Counselor in Church Sex-Abuse Crisis, Dies at 78 He advised four Chicago cardinals and advanced the U.S. bishops’ zero-tolerance policy toward clergy guilty of sex crimes. James A. Serritella with Pope John Paul II in 1997. His influence extended from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to the U.S. Supreme Court.Credit.via Serritella family Published May 5, 2021Updated May 10, 2021 James A. Serritella, a lapsed seminarian who as counsel to four cardinals overseeing the Archdiocese of Chicago encouraged them and eventually the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to bar priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children, died on April 23 in Chicago. He was 78. ....
Chicago cobbler pivots to making religious goods during pandemic Feb 18, 2021 catholic news service Larry DeAngelo shines a cross using a shoe machine at Al s Shoe Service in Mount Prospect, Ill., Jan. 13, 2021. (Credit: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago Catholic.) When the pandemic forced many people to work from home last spring, business at Al s Shoe Service in Mount Prospect, outside of Chicago, almost completely dried up overnight. MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. When the pandemic forced many people to work from home last spring, business at Al’s Shoe Service in Mount Prospect, outside of Chicago, almost completely dried up overnight. Owner Larry DeAngelo, who inherited the business from his father, Al DeAngelo, and who has been repairing shoes for almost 50 years, watched as days went by and no customers came in. ....