Remember the last time a leave of absence was announced, how well that went? Making it public did how much good?Of course, one could argue that the histrionics of the OCA Truth web site played a large part in "how well that went", given that they were publishing, on average, 2 articles per day.
I think OCA Truth here has succeeded in making another tempest in a molehill. I think they would do well to reconsider what the reply they published said, viz, "What is WRONG with you people that you’re filled with this much hate, pride and animosity?! If I were you, I’d go find something more important to do with your life than needling and ripping apart the Church you belong to." And, finally, I must, of course, comment on the irony of OCA Truth criticizing any web site for being indiscreet. The only thing they were ever discreet about was their own identities.
EDIT: Though it does make me mildly curious who has their hand up the puppet's back that OCA Truth cares so much about Fr Zacchaeus, or at least who would care enough to write them an (anonymous) e-mail for publication about it. Or perhaps everybody involved only cares about justice, transparency, discretion, etc, which is so readily evidenced by the rest of the contents of the OCA Truth web-log. OCA Truth publishes infrequently these days, so it's somewhat intriguing that they pop out and post two articles about some minor figure they've never met who should fade into obscurity (unless some scandal breaks later, but of course it won't if OCA Truth's righteous indignation is well-founded).
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I must say I am bowled over by the OCA's "transparency"...NOT. Rod Dreher's hypocritical double standard WRT the Catholic Church vs. the OCA just gets more piquant all the time.
Well, I would just say, as some sort of HR drone, that it might be quite justified and wise for the OCA to have announced it in this way. They do need to note that Fr Zacchaeus is out of that very public role for the moment, but it's often not possible to discuss the reasons for your personnel decisions. For instance, and this is just an example that has no bearing on this case, if you're suspending somebody because you're investigating whether they stole stuff, you can't say that. There are ways you might be able to discuss it, but it's really just easier to be a little discreet. Really, nobody needs to know the details of why people got fired - it's often none of your business.
Well, maybe so, but if the Catholic Church suspended a priest without saying why, all hell would break loose, the media would have hissy-fits, and Dreher would be in the forefront of the critics screaming about lack of transparency. Just sayin'. In this day and age, such extreme discretion is simply Not Done. Not in Church-World, at least. Sure, in a corporation, discretion is called for, but churches nowadays must operate by different rules. IMHO, FWIW.... ;)
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