New York City, N.Y., Sep 18, 2010 / 06:08 am
New York priest Fr. Thomas Berg was recently appointed by Gov. David Paterson as a member of the state's Life and the Law task force. In an exclusive interview with CNA, Fr. Berg spoke of the numerous ethical challenges that New York faces as well as his intention to bring the “richness” of “moral tradition” to the debate on life issues.
Fr. Berg currently serves as president and executive director of the Westchester Institute for Ethics and the Human Person and is parochial vicar St. Denis Parish in Yonkers.
In an e-mail to CNA on Sept. 17, the priest gave insight into the significance of his new post as well as the mission of the NY Task Force on Life and the Law, which is a faction of the state's Department of Health.
“Our mandate is to develop public policy on any number of difficult moral issues confronting the state from within the healthcare and biomedical arenas and which require attentive analysis toward ethically acceptable solutions and policies,” Fr. Berg wrote.