He was not refused. The rector of Louvain took him to task over some of the statements made by the lone seminarian he interviewed. No less than the National Catholic Register sided with the rector of Louvain against Rose.
And, FWIW, Abp. Dolan of Milwaukee has hired the priest from Louvain for a Seminary position here. One could conclude that Dolan does not believe the account given by Rose's interviewee.
Rose: There is nothing in Goodbye, Good Men that accuses Fr. Taillon of offenses against orthodoxy. The section in the book mentioning Fr. Taillon deals exclusively with the vocations recruitment media campaign, including paid commercials on MTV. Nothing is ever said about the personal integrity of Fr. Taillon.
Register: "As a journalist, I’m irritated by how hastily the escalating bombardment was carried out, with so little regard for the facts."
Rose: It is Pearson’s article that is hastily carried out with so little regard for the truth, especially since Pearson admits to not having read Goodbye, Good Men. "Escalating bombardment" is quite the exaggeration.
I admit it has been awhile since I read the book Good bye, Good Men but my recollection is as Michael Rose states. There was no attack on Fr. Taillon's orthodoxy, more shock that he would be so foolish as to be invoved in recruiting priests on MTV, but I could be wrong so I guess I should re-read the book.
The last thing I will be able to say about Rose's book is that he describes what I have experienced and heard here in Detroit concerning St. John's Provincial Seminary which no longer exists. He also mention Sacred Heart in Detroit which has, fortunately, gotten much better since the mid-1990s. I do not necessarily fault the rector from the mid-90s, now Bishop Neinstedt. He was faced with a difficult task and did the best he could. His replacement, Bishop Vigneran, was much more successful partly because of the work of Neinstedt but also because Vigneran is just a real "tough cookie" and very good with the seminarians.
What Michael Rose writes about Notre Dame in New Orleans is actually mild in comparison to what I personally know went on there as far as the homosexual abuses is concerned. Many of the young men who wanted to be priests in the 1970s were recuited actively into the homosexual life-style because they were being taught that homosexuality was not against celebacy. I guess the jokers who were telling them this nonesense forgot about chastity.