I am a new poster to Freerepublic, but have been reading for years.
I used to work for the Archdiocese and can tell you without a doubt that Lennon is the guy running the place....O'Malley is a very stand offish arrogant man.
I used to think it was just incompetence, but now I realize it is something far more sinister.
Are you sure it's "arrogance" on O'Malley's part. I ask because he strikes me as very reserved, and since I'm like that myself, I tend to sympathize (though even I can pretend to be outgoing and social for a few hours at a stretch if I have to!)
This is getting worse -- still a talk radio subject, now that Menino has jumped into the fray, offering Faneuil Hall for the graduation ceremonies (I was guessing wrong above -- apparently the graduating class is the 6th grade; just what we need, piling on 11-year-olds!). Couldn't O'Malley have offered the Cathedral and given out diplomas himself?
Howie Carr admitted that even he couldn't make fun of Menino on this -- a first!
Even from what little I know of Lennon, I was sorely disappointed that O'Malley kept him on in a position of authority. Though that Coyne as spokesman (thank God!) seems no longer to be in evidence.
They really have to fire the lawyers and PR flaks and hire some human beings with no axe to grind, no agenda.
Welcome to FR! :)