And Now, the Real Story....

You might remember hearing that there was more to the Caritas Christi brouhaha than met the eye in the original coverage of the Boston Globe....

See, I told you so.

It didn't take rocket science to figure out that it was never really about the harrassment charges, the investigation, the SVP for human resources, etc. etc. etc.

Under the surface, it was about what it has always been about in Boston from 2003 until early April...

...and that might be......

[I]n a reflection of simmering tensions within the archdiocese, Bishop Richard G. Lennon, who was O'Malley's vicar general until he became bishop of Cleveland last week, issued a statement saying that O'Malley removed him from two joint Caritas boards just hours before last Thursday's vote. Lennon, according to several people he has talked to, had strongly urged that Haddad be dismissed, and would have made that argument to the governing board.

The archdiocese contradicted Lennon's account.

Thank you. That's all we need to know -- i.e. now that he's not running that curia anymore, Lennon is taking arms against it from afar.

Word from Boston is that Mike Barnacle is exploding on-air, going bonzo about how, even when the bishop of Cleveland is now supposed to be gone from the local scene, he isn't.

Well, when you think about it, neither is the archbishop-emeritus of Boston, really....

Ergo, par for the course.

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