I never found them ambiguous exactly -- I think he just early on mastered "clergyspeak," that rather bland, smarmy drone that characterizes far too many clergy of all denominations. He seems to like mingling with the rich and powerful, and abortion is the one issue on which he has been willing to go against the liberal MA establishment. (Way too many of his pronouncements on other issues might have been drafted by the DNC!)
I feel very hopeful that he will decide "in for a penny, in for a pound" -- as I said, he doesn't seem to have anything to lose now.
I would be even more hopeful if I were to read that he had cleaned out the Chancery personnel offices.
But I'm still praying.
Yech! You're sooooo right.