Bill McClellan and St. Stanislaus Solidarity

There might have been no good way for the Archdiocese of St. Louis to try to wrest control of the property and funds of St. Stanislaus Kostka church from its lay board of directors, but the hard-line approach - the loud talk about parishioners "hijacking" their church, the removal of the priests, the threats of penalties against the directors - certainly seemed less than effective Sunday when parishioners voted 299-5 to reject the demands of the archdiocese.

Maybe a little tenderness would have worked better. A little less shouting, a little more love.

I have to wonder where McClellan has been for the past few years...The insinuation that Archbishop Burke took a hard-line approach, engaged in "loud-talking", and removal of priests demonstrates are certain cluelessness about the entire situation. One would think that a reported or commentator would do more to determine the facts before making comments like the above. But then again, perhaps these days that is so much wishful thinking.

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