Wow

[calbert at hslboxmaster.com]

How about this, in today's Boston Globe:

"regarding Eileen McNamara's July 29 column, "Passing the buck": 
The way the Boston Globe constantly attacks the Catholic Church 
and Cardinal Bernard Law is an affront and outrage to all fair 
minded people.

To blame the entire church, its compassionate leaders and sincere 
clergy for the despicable behavior of a few, is like blaming the 
people of the United States for the conduct of Timothy McViegh.

I hope you will try to change the Globe's longstanding reputation of 
attacking a church and a religion that has contributed so much in 
hleping to build this city.

A great city like Boston deserves at least a fair newspaper.

Ray Flynn, South Boston

THe writer, formerly mayor of Boston, also served as US 
ambassador to the Vatican under President Clinton."

the occasion of Mr Flynn's pique was the response to the recent 
revelation that Law was informed of the charges of sexual abuse 
lodged against a priest who, when subsequently assigned by Law 
to another parish, simply increased the frequency of his 
predations...


love,
cfa
> It's hard to know whether Matt C. Abbott of Chicago has his
> tongue in cheek when he writes to the NY Times today. The text of his
> letter, in full:
> 
> >I am relieved that the House of Representatives has voted to ban
> >>human cloning (front page, Aug. 1), because human cloning — like
> >>abortion, contraception, pornography, in vitro fertilization and
> >>euthanasia — is intrinsically evil and thus should never be
> >>allowed. 
> 
> I suppose probably not, sigh.
>