Anguished O'Malley explains fiscal crisis.
In a dramatic plea for understanding, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley
yesterday described his effort to close parishes as “personally
repulsive to me,” but he also urged Catholics to understand that the
sweeping reorganization of the Boston Archdiocese is necessary because
of the shrinking number of priests and a financial crisis he described
as “much worse than most people realize.” [Boston Globe — Front Page]