[ancilla]

The facts:

There is a group of people at St Anthony's parish that has been trying to get rid of Fr. Stravinskas from day 1.

The parish books have been audited by an independent accounting firm hired by the archdiocese. They found no evidence of criminal activity. The archbishop has confirmed this personally to parishoners.

The world herald knows this but is extremely anti-catholic and jumps on any chance to attack Catholic priests.

There are several priests in the archdiocese office that want Fr Stravinskas to leave and they have been pressuring the Archbishop to do so.

The parish was dying and resembled an Eastern Bloc work camp before Father Stravinskas arrived. There was no permanent pastor and the parishoners were functioning as little more than a social club.

Don't rely on the media outlets in Omaha Nebraska to give you real story.

The ultimate blame lies with the archbishop for allowing this situation to fester to its current state.

[GatorGirl]

Thanks for the facts. It sounded that way to me, but I didn't want to jump to conclusions.

[Concerned Catholic]

The Archdiocese own audit done March 2004 found many irregularities. The independent auditor refused to write an exoneration letter. The money was spent before these new parishioners arrived. We did have priests assigned, Father Sanderson was the last one before Stravinskas arrived.Anyone who disagreed with Stravinskas was threatened with a libel lawsuit. During today's homily he called the concerned parishioners evil lunatics! My, how Christian! This administrator does not even abide by Archdiocese rules so why wouldn't priests at the chancellery have concerns?

[gbcdoj]

ancilla,

Thanks for posting.

[Petskelis]

You know all this how ????

[hinckley buzzard]

The parish was dying and resembled an Eastern Bloc work camp

So, the way to revitalize a "dying parish" is to use its endowment to buy marble floors, spacious private apartments, a wine rack...and... "Detectives have told a judge it appears parish money was spent on Stravinskas' personal expenses, including travel, mortgage payments and credit card.

I think there's a bigger problem here than "extremely anti-Catholic media outlets in Omaha Nebraska."