`(The pope) genuinely likes him,'' said one church official. ``(Vatican officials) are still trying to find a place for him. They don't want to see him getting hammered like this.'' Unbelievable statement. Does anyone have anything for a pounding headache?
Giving someone a 'kick upstairs' is an old bureaucratic maneuver, a way of covering up the removal of an incompetent executive with a pseudo-promotion.
In any event Law is now denying that such a deal is in the works.
Yup. That was my reaction. "Promote" him to the Vatican, give him an office with a name that sounds really posh in Latin, and keep a close eye on him.