text: in boston, public anger has still not abated in the high-profile case of cardinal bernard law, ....? who acknowledged that as long as 18 years ago he made "wrong decisions" in keeping a pedophile priest in parish work. (see his letter to the archdiocese at the zenit web page  .) within a year of arriving as archbishop of boston in 1984, law had shuffled father john j. geoghan to another parish, even though the prelate was aware that the priest had been abusing children for years. after abusing more children, geoghan was removed for treatment, but then reassigned -- only to continue his preying on youngsters. court allegations say he abused 130 or more children before defrocked in 1998. cardinal law has refused to resign over the case. "my resignation is not part of the solution as i see it," he told a group of more than 500 priests at a conference jan. 23 in boston. "i want the archdiocese to become a model for how this issue should be handled." yes, the whole situation in boston was terrible.   the bottom line of it was:  cardinal law acted like a business manager, or a lawyer, or someone else whose primary goal was nothing but damage control.  he didn't act like an apostle.    that's why he listened to psychotherapists who pronounced geoghan and other abusive priests "cured" when they definitely were not "cured" and never would be.  it's why he listened to lawyers and insurance providers who advised him to make secret financial settlements while shuffling abusive priests from parish to parish.  it's why he capitulated to society's politically correct view of homosexuality -- and allowed known gay priests to continue to sexually prey not on young kids, but older boys past the age of puberty.  plenty of blame can be passed around here -- on the psychotherapists, lawyers, insurance guys, apathetic laity, and on a politically correct culture that sees nothing wrong with the homosexuality that was displayed by the vast majority of priests guilty in this scandal.  but at the end of the day, the archdiocese of boston was run by law.   he handled this situation very poorly.     i have no doubt that the church has learned a very hard lesson, and will not let the errors of the past be repeated -- by returning to its orthodox roots.