Bishop Gumbleton, Colorado State Senators Meet (& Plan?)

Catholic press systematically shut-out of state senate meeting with Bishop

Denver, Apr. 21, 2006 (CNA) - On Thursday, a Denver Catholic Register journalist, and the respective editors of ‘New Advent’ and Catholic News Agency approached to the office of Joan Fitz-Gerald, president of the Colorado Senate, expecting to attend a scheduled luncheon with Detroit’s Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, who was in town to discuss two state bills which would lift the statutes of limitation on some cases of sexual abuse.
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Gumbledon, a retired auxiliary bishop of Detroit, has been a strong advocate for the Colorado legislation and others like it around the country.
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35 minutes after the event was scheduled to begin, Bishop Gumbleton, surrounded by Fitz-Gerald’s aides and by Barbara Blaine, National President of SNAP, arrived on the scene, coordinated for a few minutes and then proceeded into the senator’s office.
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Two other journalists who had been invited, one from the Associated Press and one from the Denver Post, were informed that because of the presence of the “Catholic troops” –referring to the three Catholic journalists present--it was impossible to keep the original plan.

Thus - they decided to meet in secret...Behind closed doors....

This story details a pathetic example of Bishop Gumbleton's interference in the matters of the Catholic Church in Colorado...and of the cowardice of the all of the parties involved who were complicit in circumventing Colorado's Sunshine Law...

Read the entire story here.