1. There is a shortage of Priests, in NY especially, right now.
2. Cardinal Egan has ALSO removed MANY other priests from there duties also. He is NOT just targeting PFL.
3. Cardinal Egan replaced Cardinal O'Conner, who, rumor has it, left the Archdiociese(sp?) in debt and with problems.
4. I have read of where Cardinal Egan speaks out for life, in front of journalist and everything. He seems to be pretty pro-life in his views.
5. By removing Fr. Frank Pavone, it really does NOTHING to stop the projects going on with PFL. There are other priests involved(includding the son of Scalia, the supreme court justice), and surely another priest will take Pavones place and keep the same direction.
OK, more than four reasons. But these are enough to make me believe that it is an honest call that Cardinal Egan is making. He might be doing this for the very opposite reason, to signal to all the other priests that have been removed from their assignments, that it is serious. SO serious Cardinal Egan is even forced to remove Fr. Pavone from PFL. I have even heard of Cardinal Egan temporarily shutting down some Churches in NY. So this is serious.
Who else (priests) has been recalled? Who else hasn't been? Do you have names?