The combination of what the first judge acknowledged was an error in granting the temporary restraining order that briefly gave the ACA possession of the parish in May 2012 and the persistence of the dissidents and the ACA in pursuing a non-existent case has led to injustice and an enormous waste of public and private resources. The detachment of the ACA House of Bishops in this matter is inexcusable.
"On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of the conditions. . . . It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares; they should lash us to our pews." -- Annie Dillard
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
A Closer Look At The Cases -- III The Unemployment Case
I covered this case in some detail not long ago, and I won't repeat myself here. The only thing to point out is the context: from David Moyer to the first judge in the "initial action" to the unemployment appeals board, there is a consensus that there is simply no evidence to support any charges of misconduct against Fr Kelley. In other words, there was no reason for the ACA ever to involve itself in this matter.