I really wonder, though, how much of what goes into the Chancery is actually seen by or reported (accurately) to O'Malley. I don't trust Lennon myself, and I doubt there are many traditionalists there at all.
IIRC, Boles was also the bishop to make recommendations on Southie parishes. He proposed an order of closing which would have left St. Monica's the last one standing (when I heard that, I just wondered grumpily why they don't just close them all and be done with it!), which struck me as totally irrational (there had been talk for years about closing St. Monica's because of low attendance).
But how do you get decent people into the Chancery?
Things are just as confusing in my diocese.
Good question. I did not author this document, nor can I claim responsibility for its distribution on 21 June 2004. I suspect this was sent to the Boston Globe to inform them of our situation and put the Archdiocese on notice that our situation has been made public. Interestingly, this never saw the light of day at the Globe. The Archdiocese neither acknowledged receipt or addressed any points.
I believe Archbishop O'Malley is troubled with very few of these details and only addresses strategic issues. Bishop Lennon is generally the point of contact, with which our Parish Council only met once, in August 2004, to address many of these issues. Nothing was answered...we are still waiting.