This
is a direct link to the website of The Archdiocese of Boston web site.
They
have started a “Resoponse” site on which they give the “real
“ story as to reports in the media.
FaithfulVoice.com recommends that you visit them often.
http://www.rcab.org/News/ForTheRecord/HomePage.html
The
following is from the website of The Archdiocese of Boston web site
http://www.rcab.org/News/ForTheRecord/ftr030722.html
Response to James Post’s op-ed piece “O’Malley
needs to make peace,”
July
22, 2003 - in the Boston Globe
This
section contains responses to various media misrepresentations or
misconceptions.
Mr.
Post correctly states that one of the reasons Cardinal Law was unable to accept
money from the Voice of Compassion fund was that the conditions placed on the
donation interfered with the traditional relationship between the bishop and
his people. He, however, incorrectly states that in doing so, “Law tried
to define the laity as the problem.”
Response: It is clear from the
earlier sentence that Cardinal Law’s reason for not accepting the money
was not to “define the laity as the problem” but to avoid separating
the work of the bishop from the work of the faithful. In addition, even if this
were the case, Mr. Post, once again, makes the mistake of equating the
membership of Voice of the Faithful with “the laity.” VOTF is a
group of laity within the Archdiocese. VOTF does not represent the laity nor does
it speak for the laity but only some members of the faithful.
Among
Mr. Post’s steps for healing the Archdiocese is to “... be
transparent. Sunlight is essential to rebuilding trust in a failed institution.
Open the books, publish the audits, ...”
Response: Maybe Mr. Post missed
it, but we’ve done just this. The books and the audits are on the Archdiocesan
website
http://www.rcab.org/Finance/HomePage.html and were published in
The Pilot
Letters
to the editor at The Pilot: letters@bostonpilot.org
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