How is the BOR chosen/appointed? Seems very much a good ol’ boys network giving power without true accountability to a very small handful of people. Is this the perception others have as well?
Monsignor Joseph R. Reilly
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Seems that’s where we really need to change things up though I have no idea how to make that happen.
Being McCarrick's secretary is something different than what it sounds like. A bishop's secretary is more like a flunkie or gopher. He brings the bishops vestments, miter, staff to public Masses and may drive him around. But the bishop's srcretary has nothing to do with policy decisions, scheduling appointments, or anything like that. It's usually a very young priest too.
Did he run the seminary during McCarrick's tenure? I dont think so.
You're points are based on bad information.
I have no time for Tobin and despised McCarrick since the 1980s. But the Archdiocese is not the evil empire. I think they pick regents who genuinely care about the university. One flaw in choosing is that they tend to favor big benefactors. In reality, being a rich benefactor isn't necessarily a good qualification.
It does seem a little suspect to do a hit piece on Msgr. Reilly and the university on what was probably the last day the university was open before Christmas break.
How is it as hit piece? Because of the timing? Or do the documents not exist? (Hint: they do.)
Yes, timing. No one is really around to respond. Not questioning the validity as usually where there’s smoke there’s fire. Hope I’m wrong on that though.
The points about what McCarrick did are right on. Whether our new Pres spent a lot of time with him and did not handle things at the Seminary correctly I do not know for sure and never said I did. It still sounds like a big problem unfortunately. If he was with McCarrick and later ran the Seminary and brushed something under the rug, it is not a good look. The BORs should have vetted that and steered clear. I'm blaming the BORs not our new President. There are lots of good priests who have been accused that are innocent. Lots that are guilty too. Unfortunately the church continues to screw this up and opens itself up to this scrutiny. BORs should have avoided the scrutiny if there was any question when they chose a new President. Can't mess up two Presidents in a row but it seems that may be the case. Hoping it gets settled soon and we move on to the business of running Seton Hall. I wish we weren't talking about this as our University doesn't need continued bad press.
Right on cue, yesterday The Pillar (Opus Dei mouthpiece) came out to pile on to the Politico article. The usual Opus Dei motive (money and power) is clear from how it framed its own amplification of the Seton Hall hit job, as a direct personal challenge to Tobin:
"2025 could be a big year for Tobin. Some have speculated he might even by Archbishop of New York before Easter. But if accountability really is the 'utmost importance,' the cardinal seems now to have the chance to show it, regardless of the consequences for himself, or the financial fallout in his archdiocese."
Why is there a row over Seton Hall's president?
The recently appointed president of Seton Hall University in New Jersey, Msgr.
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Is it still 2018 in Newark?
Amid Seton Hall scandal, has anything changed since McCarrick?
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Currently, Cardinal Dolan of New York not only controls the richest donor base in the world, but he is a longtime strong ally (member?) of Opus Dei:
So, basically the play is to block Tobin to New York, and potentially, then Checchio to Newark. The overall picture shows clear as day the usual Opus Dei modus operandi: dirty tricks in the media and manipulating public opinion behind the scenes to strongarm its way in the Church. It's been going on for decades - see Cardinal Hume's directive in the Archdiocese of Westminster in 1981. It's a shame that John Paul II brushed it aside, setting the stage for so much damage to the authentic holiness of the Church.
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Is there anyway the school can break from the Diocese of Newark ? I doubt it but that would be the move .
A hit piece?Yeah, that's Jerry Carino...a long-time despiser of his alma mater. Yes, I'm sure that's what it is.
A lot of this discussion seems wacky, but the original story was from Politico, not Jerry.
I suppose if the diocese wanted to sell, but who would a potential buyer be?
I was talking about the politico article, not Jerry’s. His article was just a follow up.
Until Seton Hall has the right person in charge with the absolute authority to veto nominees to the B of R and the authority to appoint personnel in key positions at the the University it’s difficult to have confidence in any of those key positions filled at SH .
This is the entire point, "Investigators never accused Reilly of abuse, but according to Politico, Seton Hall University’s governing body followed a recommended action plan to remove him from university boards and as the dean of the university seminary. So it came as a shock to many within the college community when Reilly was tapped as the new president last April."
How does anyone actually defend this? Obviously, people find a way as we see in this thread and the fact that his resume was even put in the pile to consider.
You removed him from the seminary only to then put him in charge of the whole damn thing a few years later? It's mind numbingly stupid and audacious in the hubris of those involved.
How does anyone actually defend this? Obviously, people find a way as we see in this thread and the fact that his resume was even put in the pile to consider.
You removed him from the seminary only to then put him in charge of the whole damn thing a few years later? It's mind numbingly stupid and audacious in the hubris of those involved.
The spin doctors have a lot of work to do again. It will be an insulting load of garbage one more time. The Nyre situation still isn’t over or resolved. Except for the fact that one participant in the law school scandal got three years. That tells me who is to blame in that fiasco. It just keeps getting deeper. I’m sad for Seton Hall’s reputation and all the great people doing a great job.
