Ain’t necessarily so, says reader, longtime expert observer of the Chicago church:
Hopefully every diocese that will rely heavily on lay oversight will scrutinize those they choose.
Lay business managers in several Chicago parishes (and St. Joseph Seminary) stole hundreds of thousands under the nose of the priests.
Also we can’t have lay foxes watching the bishop-foxes, a.k.a. cronies and sycophants. Hard-nosed proven stalwarts are needed.
Sure, and do not bet the house on these stalwarts’ being brought into the situation. No sir.
Blithe Spirit 