From The Cathoholic by Joan Frawley Desmond
Contacts in Rome, who sought to protect their sources during this sensitive time and would not go on the record, report that the on-going controversy over Bishop Williamson - one of the four schismatic bishops whose excommunication was lifted by the pope, but who still denies the existence of the Holocaust (he now promises to review the evidence--see his interview with Der Spiegel yesterday) - continues unabated and has made it difficult to work out an intervention by the Vatican. Only the Americans in the Legion have broken ranks in a noticeable way, attracted the public support of prominent Catholics, and appear committed to commencing a thorough house cleaning of the Legion, followed, possibly, by the "re-forming" of the order with new superiors in place.
My contacts assert that the convergence of these two big news events--the outrage prompted by the Bishop Willliamson affair, followed shortly afterwards by the new revelations regarding Father Maciel's "double life" -- was no accident: the order's superiors and their ecclesial allies took advantage of the crisis surrounding Bishop Williamson to minimize the impact of the new disclosures regarding Maciel. The Mexican superiors, I'm told, believe the present tempest will blow over and the Legion will pull itself together and go on as before.
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I couldn't disagree more with your analysis.
The mainstream press with likes of Brian Ross had Maciel's # alongtime ago especially with the swearing up and down testimony given by Fr. Williams. They hardly covered the recent story - like tell us something we don't already know.
In 08' the key word was the "surge".
The key word of 09', so far, is "vetting". This word applies to B16,Obama, and rest of humanity attempting to decern the Truth about life. Good luck in 09'!
Is this true xlcblog? What do your own contacts say?
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