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Rain-Delayed Mummers Parade Rescheduled By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - The city New Year's tradition generated a storm of controversy this year. The archbishop of Philadelphia said Friday that a satirical sketch mocking sexually abusive priests to be performed at the annual Mummers Parade is an 'attack on the Catholic faith.' The sketch, put on by the Slick Duck Comic Brigade, was expected to show priests being chased by police and nuns in a go-go cage. Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, in a one-page statement, called on Catholics to 'express their displeasure' with the skit set for Saturday, the rain date chosen for the annual New Year's Day event. 'This group plans to do an insensitive and tasteless skit which can only be extremely painful for any victim who has experienced any type of abuse. I am horrified that any person or group can be so callous,' Bevilacqua said. 'At the same time, I express outrage over the demeaning caricature of our Holy Father, bishops, priests and religious women. While such mean-spirited mockery may be protected as free speech, it is still hateful speech and as such has no place in a city parade.'...
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