[marshmallow]

Quinlan is 76 , one of at least 39 priests in the diocese who are in their 60s or older .

Right. Those who were in their 20s and 30s in those marvelous days immediately following Vatican II. Quinlan fits the profile of a wrecko-vator perfectly.

And who'd a thunk that a motorcycle could be used as a liturgical aid? That takes some real ingenuity.

[Salvation]

Bump for later.

[k omalley]

As a former resident of the diocese of Richmond I am glad to see that DiLorenzo is doing some much needed house cleaning.

[Jeff Chandler]

There were no ordinations in the diocese in 2002 , one in 2003 , none in 2004 and one in 2005 .

Sounds like that diocese is trulu infused with the spirit of VII.

[Jeff Chandler]

“He’s essentially led Holy Family into Catholic revival,” said John Owens , a former Navy pilot. “It is now a place where people are on fire in service for Christ and the Catholic mission.”

And exactly how many new priests did this "fire" produce?

[te lucis]

And who'd a thunk that a motorcycle could be used as a liturgical aid? That takes some real ingenuity.

Bah. The bishop of my home diocese did it for decades.

[RobbyS]

Like a knight riding a horse into a catherdral. In the middle ages Priests were forbidden to rise horses. Remember Romeo and Juliet where the messenger is delayed because he can't?

[livius]

There are a lot of retirement-age priests now who were largely responsible for the disasters of VatII and the misleading of the younger clergy. I think (or hope, at least) that we're going to see lots of retirements being "accepted," both of priests and of bishops.

The good ones can't get in until the bad ones get out of the way.

[pgkdan]

“I had a visit with him and told him I wanted another year and he said, 'No, I’m retiring you,’” Quinlan said last week after talking with the bishop.

Thank goodness! "TQ" is a flaming homo, a scandal and a disgrace.

[pgkdan]

In the Richmond Diocese as of last fall, six of the 111 active priests were 70 or older, and 13 were between 65 and 69 . Twenty were between 60 and 64 ,

These are the priests responsible for this dioceses's near total lapse into chaos...willing accomplices to the awful Walter Sullivan. Bishop DiLorenzo has his work cut out for him trying to repair what that man has wrought!