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LETTER FROM ARCHBISHOP MYERS
Over the last few months, certain media outlets in our state — including a newspaper which used to be a staple in our family home growing up (that has removed any pretense of objectivity and is blatantly hateful to the Catholic Church, both locally and universally) — have made one of their goals to force our Archbishop John J. Myers to resign. They’ve been selectively reporting and manipulating facts to advance their distorted narrative.
Today, Archbishop Myers sent the following letter to all of the priests of the Archdiocese and has given us permission to share it with people of good will, especially those who, understandably, have been so troubled with scandal plagued headlines.
I appreciate your taking the time to read this and ask that you continue to hold the Archbishop and our Archdiocese in your prayers. As a priest, reading legitimate accounts about the abuse of children by some priests, and some of the actions (or inactions) by superiors when these crimes came to light has been a horror to learn about and has saddened me considerably personally as I’ve witnessed the immense hurt this has caused to the entire body of Christ that is the Church.
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