The name Kathleen McChesney ring a bell? It should. She was the U.S. bishops first appointee, in November 2002, as director of their Office of Child and Youth Protection. Alderman Burke's plug occurred just one month before she left the post.You'll want to read this whole article.
Probably just a coincidence.
Anne Burke, who served as vice-chair of the USCCB's National Review Board on sexual abuse from 2002, and who became chair in 2003, turns out to be the wife of the same Alderman Burke who was so accommodating to Dr. McChesney.
Probably just a coincidence.
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Small World of Chicago Alderman Burke, Anne Burke, and the National Review Board
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