BOSTON -- The search for Cardinal Bernard Law's permanent replacement at the Boston Archdiocese heated up Wednesday.

Sources tell the Boston Herald that the search for a replacement is now focused on Archbishop Harry Flynn of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Flynn helped clean up the diocese of Lafayette, La., following a sex abuse scandal in the early '80s.

Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, head of the Archdiocese of the Military is also on the list of candidates, though he has previously said he has no plans of coming to Boston.

Recently, Bishop Joseph Galante of Dallas has been mentioned for the job.

Pope John Paul II must approve any decision on Law's replacement.