When Pope Benedict XVI tapped two American archbishops as cardinals this week, it was widely noted in the press that both men have been at the center of the sex abuse controversy. Archbishop William Levada, formerly Archbishop of San Francisco and now head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith was dogged by the scandals and was recently deposed in a sex abuse lawsuit. Sean O’Malley of Boston inherited Cardinal Law’s mess in Boston. Both bishops have been criticized for their handling of the crisis.