I am sure of that because I haven't seen him or talked to him for about 7 years, but I daresay I know more about the real man than most of the people on this list. A lot of people are making assumptions about his character or assigning motives to his behavior which are bordering on libelous! Until all the facts come out, I'm not going to make any final judgements on him. I am terribly disappointed in his behavior in the priest shufflings, but I don't know what was behind it, and neither does anyone else on this list. We are ALL making assumptions based on the hyperventilating stories coming out of the press.
I continue to pray for all the men who were abused by those monsters, and I hope each one of those priests will be defrocked and put on trial! I will continue to pray for Cardinal Law as a friend should. I'll continue also to pray for all priests who are loving, compassionate and faithful to their vows. They are being hurt terribly by this because of the news reports and the looks and sometimes harsh words of strangers when they are in public in their Roman collars. Although the media makes it sound like every other priest is a molester, a cursory reading of the facts show otherwise. And for those who want to bluster about they'll never go to Church again because of this I say, I am very sorry for you. If your Faith is not strong enough to survive this, what would you do against a REAL challenge to it?