What a horrible headline. It makes it sound like the priest is being removed from pastoral duties. Isn’t CathNews aware that archdioceses routinely reassign priests from one parish to another?
I agree about the ridiculous headline. Perhaps they are still recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The longer a pastor remains with his parish, the more painful it is to see him go. Our parish went through this about 5 years ago; it did not go well with certain parishioners who walked away.