[lrslattery]

They just want St. Stan's money to help balance the books from the costs of abuse lawsuits.

And your sources for this are?

[saradippity]

It is almost beyond belief that self defined "good" catholics from the "progressive" as well as those from the opposite pole seem equally afflicted with an almost Biblical blindness and deafness that renders them seemingly incapable of perceiving or understanding.

I have been watching this situation since it first raised its head and know that the Board at St Stan's is quite the sly little group.

Thanks to all of you and a few others on this thread who have given us good first hand,reliable information and/or wise general observations. I myself would enjoy seeing some of these armchair observers from afar meet in St.Louis and attend one of the reverent polka masses,they so love and then go over to the social hall and talk it over,over drinks.

[MHT]

The timing is most suspicious and indicting. This is a wealthy parish by comparison with others and it comes on the heels of the abuse settlement, which has profoundly effected the Appeal levels in the past two years.

If it was such an issue of obedience, etc., why didn't Rigali do this years ago?