[Siobhan]

Everybody and their brother read this! And call Cardinal Egan's phone till it melts.

Ping your list if you have one, please....

So, Siobhan, what do you think of Cardinal Egan?
When he stops smoking with Satan I'll tell you.

[Desdemona]

Time to start investigating Egan.

[old and tired]

Didn't Egan first show his true colors to the world when he tried to remove Frank Pavone from his Priests for Life ministry? I believe Egan caved in from all the pressure.

I put Egan in the same boat with McCarrick. They are to me political animals who care little about their own souls or the souls of their flocks.

[Desdemona]

A preliminary "headline" search of Egan and a quick scanning of a few articles gives us:

Support of marriage and the unborn

No cooperation with the national review board for the USCCB or with lawyers trying to depose him in a sex abuse trial in 1999 in Connecticut

Scathing rebukes from SNAP (although, Rigali got those too), and some pretty clear dissing of the whole sexual abuse victims

Good credentials including Gregorian in Rome, although in the 1950's.

He did spend time in the Vatican under this pope and was known to him.

My guess: David Souter type appointment. A wildcard that wasn't detected. I also saw one article that he fancies himself the chief kingmaker here in the USA. Somehow, I doubt that at the moment.

In the meantime, keep an eye out and see if he shows up on EWTN. Has he? That's usually a pretty good indication of how orthodox a bishop is.