Is it over, is it not over?

Amy Welborn this morning has blogged a very fascinating addition to the Father Maciel story. First the investigation was gaining steam, then supposedly it was called off (with no reason given). But now it would appear that not all is to be believed. Amy gives a letter in full from a newsgroup of abuse victims that can be read in full at her blog. A couple of excerpts follow that give the gist of the letter.

"The communiqué does NOT pertain to the Holy See, it is a communiqué from the Legionaries of Christ. They called me, the same as you are calling me, and they asked me if there is any communiqué about the investigation or about a possible investigation, into Fr. Maciel. I told them that the Press Office had not received any communiqué about if there exists, had existed or will exist said investigation, that it is not the competency of the Press Office but that it is the direct competency of Mons. Scicluna."

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On asking him if the Holy See was going to provide an official denial, he told me that, at least for today, they were NOT going to make any denial given that in fact there never was any official communiqué from the Holy See.
On saying goodbye, he left me a phone number with which I could hear the daily communiqués of the Holy See to avoid any misunderstanding.

So we have two things. The Holy See has categorically denied being behind the announcement that the investigation has been concluded. The other is that someone out there is trying to see the investigation discredited in some way for some reason. As Amy Welborn points out, the Holy See spokesman is not quoted directly in the CNS story but is by the NYT in its piece.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out, but I have the feeling that this will be one thing we'll never get the full details on.

Read the complete article at Questions about LC from open book.