What else are we left to think? Hello! Is any one at the Vatican awake?
Plenty of people in the Vatican were making statements, including Pope John Paul, but they have limited authority over local bishops, and practically none over a parish priest.
I don't know what others think, and I do think it is mean-spirited to gripe and moan about what somebody else has done, but it is public scandal and outrage.
The rules are only for people stupid enough to follow them (sarcasm). It gets too personal to go into some of it, but some people go to extraordinary lengths and great personal sacrifice to follow catholic rules. How do you think something like this makes them feel about their church leadership?
But we are being mean-spirited (there is some of that I'll admit) to object. You feel betrayed. Who was there for the Schindler's? Not any priest or bishop from their parish/diocese because it was too uncomfortable, too ugly, too controversial. One lone priest came and stood with them (some others made public statements on their behalf and did what they could, one from a far northern diocese).
At least they got a memorial service in their parish by a regular parish priest after it was too late to do anything for Terri.