ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Lilly Fowler lfowler@post-dispatch.com 314-340-82211
I tweeted Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s update earlier but thought I’d elaborate on the topic a bit more here.
A couple days ago, Dolan released a curious letter noting that his name might be in the press again — and not in a good way.
“You know how I always try to alert you to any potentially negative publicity about the Church, or about me. Well, there could be some,” he wrote.
“My home archdiocese of St. Louis just complied with a court order to release the documents regarding cases there of sexual abuse of minors…
Anyway, since I was an auxiliary bishop in St. Louis for a year (2001-02), and vicar for priests for nine of those twelve months, I would anticipate that my name will again be highlighted in the press. I sure have nothing to hide…”
The reason it’s a bit peculiar Dolan should warn of bad publicity is because as the Post-Dispatch’s reporting has highlighted, the files he refers to are under court seal, available only to the judge and lawyers involved. And the trial date for the case that spurred the release of the files has been pushed back — to July.
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