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The president of the USCCB appointed a new chairman and five new members to the National Review Board, the USCCB-sponsored group of laypeople charged with monitoring the hierarchy's response to the sexual abuse crisis.


* The president of the USCCB USCCB United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Washington, DC)  appointed a new chairman and five new members to the National Review Board, the USCCB-sponsored group of laypeople lay·peo·ple or lay people  
pl.n.
Laymen and laywomen.
 charged with monitoring the hierarchy's response to the sexual abuse crisis. Nicholas P. Cafardi, dean of Duquesne University Law School, Pittsburgh, and serving board member, was named chairman until the conclusion of his term in June, 2005.

The new members, appointed for three-year terms ending October 2007, are: Dr. Patricia O'Donnell Ewers, educational consultant and president emeritus of Pace University, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
; Dr. Angelo P. Giardino, vice-president for clinical affairs of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is a non-sectarian 161 bed children's hospital located in Philadelphia. It's Physicians serve as the pediatrics department at the Drexel University College of Medicine.

St.
, Philadelphia; Mr. Ralph I. Lancaster, Esq. of Pierce Atwood, Portland, Maine; Judge Michael R. Merz, United States Magistrate Judge; Mr. Joseph Russoniello, Esq., senior counsel and resident in the San Francisco office of Cooley Godward, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . One member, New York attorney 2Pamela Hayes, resigned her position early after conservative Catholic groups alleged that she made contributions to prochoice organizations.
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Title Annotation:News Roundup; United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publication:Conscience
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 22, 2005
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