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The 'kneeling incident' with Bishop Brown I got a boatload of emails regarding this bishop. You may remember him from this and this. I have yet to compile everything into one report (some 20 emails), but here is the story referenced to by a reader Friday, about Bishop Brown pulling a woman from the kneeling position. I was not there, so I cannot verify the report - but it seems to be well known and the photo (a still from a video) seems quite obvious. Here is how the woman pictured described the event (in her own words): I...

Simple move could save Diocese millions by Gustavo Arellano Brown just doesn’t get it. Plans for the not-yet-built $100 million Christ Our Savior Cathedral—or, as some church critics call it, the "Tod Mahal"—include a rectory to house priests, yet the Catholic Diocese of Orange continues to defend its purchase of a multimillion-dollar home in a gated Santa Ana community near the cathedral that sources say will serve as the bishop’s personal residence (see "Movin’ on Up," Aug. 13). "Its purchase is but one expression of the decision of the bishop to no longer remain ‘frozen in time’ by the threat...

A Tour of the Orange Diocese’s Most Transubstantiastic Homes by Gustavo Arellano Would you like to work for a company that, when facing millions of dollars in lawsuits, buys you a multimillion-dollar house? How about an employer who adds a second story to your already-massive abode even while the government forces it to pay $5.2 million to settle a lawsuit? Think it can only happen at Halliburton? Well, think again: you can enjoy all of this if you’re a priest for the Catholic Diocese of Orange! Yes, when Bishop Tod D. Brown became the spiritual head of Orange County’s 1.2...