Wednesday, February 09, 2005

On-Line Interviews w/Jamie Allman & St. Stanislaus' Richard Bach

I have not yet listened to these in their entirety and I'm not certain how long they will be up on KTRS' McGraw Milhaven's web site...

I started listening to Bach's interview and cut it short after hearing his cries of 'anguish' that the situation causes him to feel "anger, remorse, and disillusionment at the whole process..."

If true "remorse" existed, we would have witnessed a penitential attitude from him and the others and we would have seen a resolution to the problems which the board has created by their very own actions.

I can only imagine that the "anger" he feels is that same "anger" a child feels when being punished for some wrongdoing after being warned countless times. Perhaps, it is more of a resentment than anger, a resentment caused by one's pride being slighted?

The 'disillusionment" may be from the realization that the Archbishop has kept his word and has remained committed to seeing this problem resolved. After nearly a year of criticizing Archbishop Burke, causing scandal in the community, and fostering and promoting atitudes of defiance and disrepect - and speaking in terms bordering on 'schism', how could one possibly be "disillusioned" when the Archbishop does what he said he would do...?

Were the number of warnings and admonitions insufficient? Were they not clear enough to be understood?

Whoever allows Richard Bach to act as spokeman for St. Stanislaus should really look at replacing him with someone who can speak with clarity and truth. But then again, the position being held would still be wrong...

I look forward to listening to these interviews later this evening...

The Link to the interviews is here

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Added a video link from KMOV TV

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