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I sent the following e-mail to Tod Tamberg, media director for the Archdiocese of L.A.:

Your response to George Neumayr's article about Cardinal Mahony's latest photo-op are quite unbecoming of a media director of the nation's second largest, (or is it the largest?) Catholic archdiocese. It is whiny and petulant. Hardly a reasoned, adult assessment of Mr. Neumayr's remarks.

In any event, I am sure that Mr. Neumayr does not hate air conditioning and indoor plumbing. Of that we can be almost certain. That he "hates" Vatican II and the new liturgy may be a fairly accurate observation. I do as well.

The "sexual abuse situation" is, unfortunately, so serious a matter, that even in the absence of commentary from a "garden variety bandwagoner," it can scarcely be mitigated or asked to go away. That sexual abusive and pervert priests have fallen momentarily off the front pages in no way indicates that scandal has been resolved. Diocesan media officers like you do their best to paper over the egregiousness and shame, created not by the likes of George Neumayr, et al., but by many of the very prelates and religious whom you serve.

As for "pummel(ling) the church back into the 14th century," I think, yes, I would prefer that (were it indeed occurring) to the perpetuation of those gross ecumenical enormities arising out of the post-Vatican II 20th century.

p>I have to disagree with [you], Mr. Tamberg, the "church" will not "continue to reach out to help victims heal." The "New Church" will continue to lie and obfuscate, having set that ignoble precedent since the scandals first began to break. The latest liar to surface close to home is the Bishop of Phoenix who admitted (probably under much duress) that he had covered over the sexual misdeeds of certain parish priests "for decades." br> -- Tim Moore br> Watsonville, CA /p> p> Tod Tamberg says that George Neumayr believes the Church ought to be put back into the 14th century. Tamberg evidently does not realize that that's precisely where the Church still is: there is an offshoot of the Church that Tod Tamberg seems comfortable believing is the actual Church, and which he belongs to. Odd, how these spin meisters get wrapped up in such strange opinions. Maybe it's the pressure of their jobs, that makes them believe they're living in reality. br> -- John L. Sillasen /p>

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