It’s no surprise to me that three Boston-area parishes fighting loudest to stay open are run by their particular pastors. Fathers Steve Josoma, Ron Coyne, and Bob Bowers are well-known to Catholics in this area and not for the orthodoxy of their preaching. They are among the most liberal and least likely to preach the full truth of the Catholic faith.
Witness the effects of their lack of Catholic pastoral leadership: Parishioners at Coyne’s St. Albert’s parish are talking about filing for a court injunction and are even looking at setting up a parish independent of the archdiocese! Sorry folks, that’s called schism. Welcome to Protestantism.
