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[T]he departing rector of St. John's Seminary sent blistering letters to church officials, alleging the Archdiocese of Boston is endangering the training of priests by letting theological liberals move in next door. Rev. John A. Farren, a conservative and occasionally controversial Dominican friar, warned the "doctrinal integrity" of St. John's is at risk because of increased proximity to two Jesuit-run institutions, Boston College and Weston Jesuit School of Theology, expected to move into buildings currently held by the seminary. [Both] are considered liberal institutions open to a wider range of theological views than St. John's. Under Farren's leadership, several members...

BOSTON – April 4 – The Archdiocese of Boston announced on Sunday, March 25th that beginning Sunday, April 22, that the traditional Latin Mass will move from the historic Holy Trinity Parish in Boston's South End. Parishioners plan to appeal the move. At this time, the plan approved by His Eminence, Sean Cardinal O'Malley appears to be proceeding. The March 25th announcement calls for removal of the Latin Mass parishioners of Holy Trinity (German) Church (http://www.holytrinitygerman.org/) in Boston's South End, which represents three quarters of active parishioners to be transferred to Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church (http://members.aol.com/maryimmoflourdes/hist/history.htm) in Newton Upper...

New Secretary for Institutional Advancement/Chief Development Officer & Secretary for Regional Services Named BRIGHTON, MA -- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley announced today the appointment of two Cabinet-level positions within the Archdiocese of Boston. The Cardinal announced the appointment of Scot Landry to Secretary for Institutional Advancement/Chief Development Officer and Sr. Marian Batho, CSJ, to the newly created Cabinet position of Secretary for Regional Services. Scot Landry, Secretary for Institutional Advancement/Chief Development Officer, has previously served as a chief operating officer in the computer software and services industry. He has also overseen national brand marketing programs. Landry co-founded the successful Boston...

Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/nov/04111607.html LifeSiteNews.com Tuesday November 16, 2004 Pro-Abortion Legislator Outraged over Priest's Direction to Quit Church Choir ANDOVER, Massachusetts, November 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) -St. Augustine's Catholic church in Andover has a choir and state Rep. Barbara L'Italien likes to sing. The pro-abortion politician is a cantor and head of the parish youth choir and has refused to quit when asked by Fr. William Cleary, the new priest. She says she will only leave the volunteer post if she receives the request in writing. While L'Italien has complained to local papers that she is being targeted for being a Democrat,...

Even some of today’s harshest critics of the archdiocese in Boston admit that reconfiguration is necessary in a climate of declining attendance, financial hardship, deteriorating structures and limited priest availability. The archdiocese’s stated mission of merging and reconfiguring its parish network is based on the making the surviving parishes stronger, reducing the number of parishes requiring subsidies and avoiding expensive maintenance and renovation of underutilized, physically declining buildings. This is to be accomplished, according to the archdiocese, without sacrificing the true mission of the Catholic Church – providing sacraments to its parishioners, caring for and tending to the disadvantaged and...

Priests in the Archdiocese of Boston are allowed to serve Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] communion this Easter even though he bucks the church's stand against abortion. The Rev. John Ardis, director of the Paulist Center, where Kerry and his wife worship locally, said an archdiocesan official telephoned Thursday to tell him Kerry ``was as welcome as any other Catholic to receive the eucharist.'' The Rev. Christopher J. Coyne, a spokesman for Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, said in an interview yesterday, ``The archbishop has made no comment about Sen. Kerry and his Catholicism, nor does he plan on doing...

WASHINGTON — John Kerry (search) is only the third Catholic candidate this close to getting all the way to the White House, but whether he can win over the Catholic vote in November could depend on his skill in separating his religious and political beliefs. ... O'Malley has not suggested that priests refuse communion if politicians like Kerry present themselves. Kerry is expected to receive the sacrament on Easter Sunday at his church in Boston.

Kerry will be given Communion at Easter Mass in Boston. In one of the last news segments on FOX Report w/Shepard Smith, a reporter (don't know his name) reported that the both Kerry's campaign headquarters and the Boston Archdiocese had been contacted. I can't find a link. Did anyone else see/hear this report?

Cardinal Bernard F. Law, making his first public appearance since resigning as archbishop, offered another apology and asked for forgiveness Monday for his role in the clergy sex abuse scandal that rocked the Boston Archdiocese. "As I said last Friday, it is my hope and it's my prayer that my resignation as archbishop might help the Archdiocese of Boston to experience healing, to experience reconciliation and to experience unity," Law told reporters at a brief news conference. He left without taking any questions. Law, 71, said new policies and programs have been put in place in the past 11 months...

Filed at 1:57 p.m. ET BOSTON (AP) -- Facing rekindled outrage from priests and parishioners over new revelations of clergy misconduct, Cardinal Bernard Law stayed away from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Sunday as protesters renewed calls for his resignation. Some 400 protesters gathered outside the cathedral, where Law had been expected to celebrate Mass, as they have since the abuse scandal erupted in January. An archdiocese spokeswoman refused to say where Law was, saying only that he had no public schedule. Sunday's larger-than-usual protest was fueled by last week's release of new internal church documents containing some...

BOSTON (AP) - After months of criticism for his role in the Catholic church's sex abuse scandal, Cardinal Bernard Law in recent weeks had restored some normalcy to his duties leading the Boston Archdiocese and resumed making high-profile public appearances. But lurid revelations this past week have renewed anger with Law, and some priests even plan to debate whether the cardinal should keep his job. Personnel files made public Tuesday, among documents handed to lawyers for dozens of alleged victims, contained some of the most spectacular allegations to emerge so far, suggesting church officials tolerated priests with a range of...

Boston Archdiocese Seeks Moral Bankruptcy The archdiocese of Boston is seeking permission from the Vatican to declare moral bankruptcy. Of course they remain silent about the moral part, due to their inability to sort that kind of thing out. In the archdiocese effort to retain their extensive real estate holdings they are considering legal bankruptcy proceedings to get out of paying the monetary compensatory responsibility they have to the children they have screwed. Screw them once; screw them twice they plan to continue to do what they do best. The institutional cover by the church for their pedophiles is as...

The Rev. Paul Shanley traveled to Thailand in March and spent as much as a month in a vacation spot infamous for its child-sex trade, likely meeting up with fellow priest and longtime companion John J. White, according to Thai immigration documents obtained by the Herald. Shanley, 71, who was arrested at his San Diego home May 2 and waived rendition to the Bay State last week, is scheduled to be arraigned in a Middlesex court today on three counts of rape of a child. The complaint was filed by Paul Busa, 24, who claimed that Shanley over several years...

Filed at 4:25 p.m. ET BOSTON (AP) -- A judge Monday ordered Cardinal Bernard Law to give a deposition on Wednesday in the civil litigation against John Geoghan, the now-defrocked priest accused of molesting scores of youngsters. Superior Court Judge Constance Sweeney expressed concern that Law might not be available to answer questions under oath unless the deposition were held soon. ``His choice of whether he available for deposition is not entirely belonging to him,'' she said. ``If the pope tells him to go to Rome, he goes.'' She denied a request by the archdiocese for a seven-day notice before...

<p>BOSTON -- WBZ-TV reported tonight that it has located Father Paul Shanley, accused of sexually abusing dozens of young boys, at the house of a companion in San Diego.</p> <p>The man believed to be Shanley, found last night outside a residence WBZ says belongs to his longtime companion Dale LeGrace, refused to answer a producer's questions. A cameraman filmed the man concealing his face with two jackets and getting inside of a car.</p>

<p>HE STATEMENTS issued yesterday at the Vatican provided incomplete advice to US bishops as they devise a policy regarding sexually abusive priests. These were very much documents written within the clerical culture, and they failed to address the crisis of confidence among the laity that is most acutely expressed in the Boston Archdiocese.</p>

Before we breathe a sigh of relief now that many of the allegations against John Geoghan have been settled, we must realize two things: there are outstanding allegations against six other archdiocesan priests; and these scandals have raised serious questions in the minds of the laity that simply will not disappear. --Should celibacy continue to be a normative condition for the diocesan priesthood in the Western (Latin) Church? --If celibacy were optional, would there be fewer scandals of this nature in the priesthood? --Does priesthood, in fact, attract a disproportionate number of men with a homosexual orientation? --Lastly, why are...