I've been inundated with calls and emails from people involved with the diocese (including priests) who told me about the communications they were getting from the boys in the bunker at the Chancery.
The Cardinal wants to assure everyone that the abortion, contraception, in vitro fertilization, sterilization and other family planning services the Commonwealth is requiring and in fact Caritas itself admitted they would provide "IN and out of network" are false rumors being spread by people doing great disservice to the Church.
Nobody of course is buying it and we've all been working hard getting our concerns heard in the right places... and waiting on the edge of our seat for the report by the ethicists at the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
I've informed the Board awarding the contract of the pending opinion and asked to defer a decision until the Cardinal releases the opinion of the Bioethics Center which they said they would take under consideration. Considering the seriousness and loss of the conscience protections, etc...
The Cardinal's intellectual dishonesty is what it is.
Below is CJ Doyles press release from today.
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009
On Thursday March 12th, the Massachusetts Health Connector Authority -- the state agency responsible for the Commonwealth Care Health program -- will award a contract to a new Commonwealth Care health insurance provider. As of last week, the low bidder was the Caritas Christi/Centene Corporation partnership.
The Health Connector Authority has stated: “All health plans in Commonwealth Care offer the same health benefits.” Those benefits include abortion - with a $50 co-pay.
Assertions to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Archdiocese of Boston nor Caritas Christi have the power to arbitrarily exempt themselves from the provisions of the law or the requirements of the Health Connector Authority. The only solution consistent with Catholic respect for the sanctity of innocent human life is for Cardinal O’Malley to insist that Caritas Christi immediately withdraw from the Commonwealth Care contract.
Please call Cardinal Sean O’Malley at 617-782-2544, and/or e-mail him at SDiago@RCAB.org and urge him to insist that Caritas Christi withdraw from the Commonwealth Care contract. This is the only way that the Caritas Christi hospital network can avoid collaboration with abortion, sterilization and contraception.
Also, please contact the Apostolic Nuncio, and ask him to apprise our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI of this grave scandal which is afflicting the Church in Boston. The Apostolic Nuncio is the Most Reverend Pietro Sambi. He can be reached at 202-333-7121, and at his e-mail address: NuntiusUSA@NuntiusUSA.org
Catholic Action League of Massachusetts
C. J. Doyle, Executive Director
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