[saradippity]

You must have missed the series of threads that explained that it was Archbishop Rigale who started the process which Archbishop Burke merely continued. Des or Irs please correct me if I am wrong,I am sure I read that about six months ago.

[Desdemona]

You must have missed the series of threads that explained that it was Archbishop Rigale who started the process which Archbishop Burke merely continued. Des or Irs please correct me if I am wrong,I am sure I read that about six months ago.

Yes. That is correct. Negotiations had been underway for some months before Rigali was moved. It would have started about two years ago. The difference is/was that Rigali is a diplomat by training and knew how to play the press. That was my problem with the choice of Burke for us from the begining. He has no town bronze, no finesse.

[MHT]

I stand corrected. I never knew that Rigali was the initiator of the actions against the church, having heard none of it through the St. Louis media (before recently) or from any people affiliated with the church.