Hey, that was me. But I really haven't heard anything since last spring. I am going to contact a few folks in the know to see if there was any truth to last year's speculation.
There were two widespread rumors last spring, both coming out of the diocese of Cleveland chancery. One was that Bishop Pilla had submitted his resignation early and that it had NOT been accepted, and the other rumor was that a coadjutor would soon be named in Cleveland.
If his resignation letter is sitting in Pope Benedict’s drawer, it would not be surprising if he pulled it back out and stamped it appoved.
Afterall Pilla, as President of the National Bishop’s Council, twice supressed letters from the Vatican - - once for 2 1/2 years. Pilla flies a rainbow gay pride banner on the diocesan website and the National headquarters for Futurechurch still resides on diocesan property.
And this is just the beginning of what is wrong in Cleveland - - Pilla also invented his own rite for the Mass and his diocese was perhaps the worst when it comes to priests homosexually assaulting teen age boys.
Pope Benedict XVI, if you by chance read Dom’s blog, PLEASE check the old papal files for Bishop Pilla’s resignation letter!!!
Oh great. I'm telling you about your rumors. lol.