Awaiting Good News

As the clergy of the Diocese of Central NY prepare for a Clergy Conference this week, there is an expectation that good news for Fr. David Bollinger will be forthcoming soon. That good news will not come from the Diocese of Central NY. In the agenda that was sent out ahead of the conference, the situation with Fr. Bollinger and St. Paul's, Owego was given as a discussion item. I would expect more claptrap at the Clergy Conference based on the consulting work of Peter Kapcio of the public relations firm Eric Mawer and Associates. I don't know how long the Diocese of Central NY can put up with the persecution of a priest being wrongfully charged by the bishop and standing committee, but maybe there isn't a soul in the diocese who cares. Thus far, the diocesan power structure has exonerated the comptroller of identity theft, despite the evidence produced by Fidelity Investments and the Church Pension Fund. The diocese did not allow Fr. Bollinger and his attorney to refute the charges prior to the first inhibition, and then violated their own procedures in extending the inhibition. I'm sure that this will not be the story told at Clergy Conference. All the while, we in the diocese are told that we should trust the fairmindedness of the diocese!