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The Pope’s New “Promoter of Justice” is U.S. Canon Lawyer

published December 26, 2012

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12/26/12

The Pope’s New “Promoter of Justice” is Robert Oliver
On Saturday, last week, Pope Benedict appointed a U.S. priest, Reverend Robert Oliver, as the new “promoter of justice” at the doctrinal office of the Vatican, which reviews all sex-abuse cases against priests. Reverend Oliver is a distinguished canon lawyer in the USA, and is noted for his success rate in defending priests accused of sex abuse.


Father Reverend Oliver managed sex abuse cases in Boston under Cardinal Bernard Law. Even though Bernard Law was disgraced and forced to resign in 2002 following revelations of him having allowed abusive priests to continue working in parishes, Father Oliver continued his work in the defense of priests charged with sex abuse.

Father Oliver works as a canon lawyer in the Archdiocese of Boston and is a visiting professor of canon law at the Catholic University of America.

After receiving the news of his new appointment, Father Oliver issued a statement saying, “It is with deep humility and gratitude that I received the news that the Holy Father is entrusting me with this service to the church.”

After the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, Father Oliver helped to formulate the Boston Archdiocese's new sex-abuse prevention policy for priests in 2003.

Under the new policy, he was successful in clearing about 45 percent of priests accused of sex abuse for lack of “probable cause.” The average clearance rates for priests accused of sex abuse in other dioceses across USA is about 10 percent.

Father Oliver was also instrumental in inducting clauses in the new policy on abuse that permits priests suspected of sex abuse to continue in the ministry and prevents their public identification as long as they are under the investigation of the church. However, in case of non-priests working in churches, the same policy recommends immediate suspension in case of suspected sex abuse.

The New York Times reports that though Father Oliver is not granting interviews, Terrence C. Donilon, a secretary for communications for the Archdiocese of Boston has told the media that “any attacks on Father Oliver's distinguished track record of service to the church and his many contributions to the response to clergy sexual abuse are unfounded and just plain wrong.”
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