NORTHBRIDGE (MA)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

[House of Affirmation – BishopAccountability.org]

Dianne Williamson
dwilliamson@telegram.com

Memory is a funny thing.

Over the weekend, Msgr. Thomas Sullivan told The Boston Globe that the Diocese of Worcester would never sell properties that hosted Mass to anyone who would hold a same-sex wedding.

“We wouldn’t sell our churches and our properties to any of a number of things that would reflect badly on the church,” he said. “These buildings are sacred to the memory of Catholics.”

So much is wrong with that statement I hardly know where to begin. Neither does David Lewcon, who probably wishes that his memory wasn’t so good.

“The mere fact that I’m stumbling for words pretty much says it all,” Mr. Lewcon said.

First, the monsignor was speaking in reference to the House of Affirmation, a Northbridge building whose very name is synonymous with scandal, not…