The Holy Spirit and other journalists

Late in August 2003, I got into trouble with an auxiliary bishop because I had publicly praised The Boston Globe's Spotlight reporters writing about the sexual abuse scandal and the criminal cover up. My terrible blunder happened a few days before Pentecost Sunday the previous year, at a gathering for priests in Jamaica Plain aimed at comforting us. The scandal was already the worst disaster in the Church's history. A Jesuit had offered a few words, encouraging us to trust in the Holy Spirit. In

Late in August 2003, I got into trouble with an auxiliary bishop because I had publicly praised The Boston Globe's Spotlight reporters writing about the sexual abuse scandal and the criminal cover up. My terrible blunder happened a few days before Pentecost Sunday the previous year, at a gathering for priests in Jamaica Plain aimed at comforting us. The scandal was already the worst disaster in the Church's history. A Jesuit had offered a few words, encouraging us to trust in the Holy Spirit. In…