St Stanislaus and The Congregation for the Clergy

Either this is new or several of us have missed it at the "news" site linked by St. Stanislaus.

Interpretation of the "Vatican Ruling" of Nov. 11, 2004

The Decree issued by the Congregation for the Clergy in November 2004 was reviewed by the attorneys for the Parish. They agreed that it was not a decision based upon the merits (facts) of the case as presented in the petition for relief. It merely referred to the fact that the Congregation for the Clergy arbitrarily chose not to recognize the Board of Directors as the legitimate representatives of the people and therefore any petition filed by the Directors through attorney Krasnicki would not be recognized.

The cover letter, which is not a legal document or part of the Decree, went beyond that document and gratuitously stated that the Parish should follow the order of Abp. Burke.

As such neither the Decree nor the cover letter can be relied upon as an order of the Holy See upholding Abp. Burke’s decision as so often proclaimed by the Archdiocese.

If memory serves, both the Archdiocese and others referred to the fact that the Board was not considered the legitimate representative of the people of the parish, so this amazing discovery by the St. Stanislaus lawyers is a bit late, and dated...

But then, that's not the important part of this "newsflash" from St Stanislaus...the pertinent parts, it seems, are these, laced as they are with special codewords:
1) ...the Congregation for the Clergy arbitrarily chose not to recognize the Board...
2) The cover letter...went beyond that document...
3) The cover letter...gratuitously stated...
4) ...neither the Decree nor the cover letter can be relied upon...

This appears to be another display of disdain for the authority of, not only Archbishop Burke, but also that of the Holy See. Sad...