Thursday, January 06, 2005

Ignorance Displayed in Post's Letters re:St Stanislaus

It's unfortunate that the Post has not, to my knowledge, printed a complete background of the St. Stanislaus issue so that their readers might be able to come to intelligent and well reasoned understandings of the situation. Perhaps, it makes better copy to keep fanning the flames, so to speak. As a result of the this, the Post prints a couple letters which demonstrate a severely deficient understanding of the issue:
The archbishop should apologize

Archbishop Raymond Burke should repent of his recent behavior toward the board of St. Stanislaus Church, admit his errors and apologize to the board and to the archdiocese. His actions regarding the good, harmless people of the parish and his interdict against the board are nothing more than bare-knuckles brawling for control.

It is a scandal for a representative of Jesus Christ, who preached a message of mercy, humility and peace, not canon law.

And Burke needs to find a new spokesman. Jamie Allman's comments are not conciliatory, but inflammatory.

Kevin McGrane
Maplewood
And then there is this:
The archbishop's spokesman, Jamie Allman, speaking of the penalty threatened against the St. Stanislaus board, said: "It might be rare, but it's even rarer for a board of directors to hijack a Catholic church." Give me a break!

If it weren't for the board of St. Stanislaus and like-minded parishioners, there wouldn't even be a church left to hijack.

It seems to me the only hijacking attempt here is from the archdiocese wanting the $9 million in parish assets.

An interdiction is probably a blessing. Who really wants to belong to an organization that protects pedophiles and persecutes good men?

Becky Elfrink
Fenton
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