Monsignor Murphy asks me to quit writing the Archdiocese
March 14, 1995
ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON
2121 Commonwealth Avenue
Brighton, Massachusetts 02135-3193
(617) 254-0100 FAX (617) 783-2947
March 14, 1995
Mrs. Alice Ann Grayson
626 Lewis Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
Dear Alice:
For some time now you have written to this Archdiocese, you have petitioned this Archdiocese and you have presented various kinds of material to this Archdiocese regarding sex education in Catholic schools. With extreme sensitivity toward you, the Cardinal has had a special commission review your material, he has written to you a number of times. I have written to you a number of times. All of these have been to no avail.
Alice, you and I have always been very honest with each other. I write now to remind you that there has to be a certain amount of trust that every Catholic offers to a bishop. That kind of trust, it would seem to me, would demand of you and of me that we have faith that His Eminence will always act as best be can for the good of souls and for the future good of the Church. In that spirit of a trust we share and a sense of holy obedience to our Bishop, I would like to ask you please to cease this kind of constant, negative and unproductive activity. These actions belie the affection which you have expressed so often for His Eminence and for this Archdiocese.
With prayers for you and for your family, I am
Yours in Christ,
Reverend Monsignor William Murphy,
Moderator of the Curia
Table of Contents
- Oxymoron Introduction: Crocodile Tears – Are the Bishops Really Sorry
- Summary of Church Teachings in Oxymoron
- Oxymoron Critiques Submitted to Cardinal Law
- The Complete Letters of Alice Grayson to Cardinal Law
- First Review by Alice Grayson to Cardinal Law
- July 1989 – Cardinal Gagnon calls the “New Creation Series” morally offensive.
- August 1989 – I Request Help from Cardinal Ratzinger
- Fall 1990 – Asking for Help Again
- 1988 – My review of “Understanding of Sex and Sexuality” by Alice A. Grayson
- February 1991 – Address to the Belmont School Committee
- Winter 1990 – Spring 1991, Critique of Sex Education Guidelines
- June 24, 1991 – Comprehensive Letter to Cardinal Law
- Spring 1991 – Letters to Rome, Copies to Cardinal Law
- July 12, 1991 – Cardinal Law replies to my letter of June 24th and promises action.
- August 12, 1991 – Cardinal Law’s action
- September 11, 1991 – I felt betrayed by Monsignor Murphy
- December 6, 1991 – Monsignor Murphy washes his hands.
- January 1992 – The buck stops here!
- January 24, 1992 – I submitted an alternative suggestion to Cardinal
- January 30, 1992 – More Baloney
- February 4, 1992 – Cardinal Law must have felt uneasy.
- Spring 1992 – An abbreviated Answer
- Spring 1992 – The mysterious letter of Bishop Riley
- Spring 1992 – James Likoudis
- February 1993 – Catholic Classroom Sex Education is an Oxymoron
- March 9, 1993 – The Archdioscean Newspaper
- April 7, 1992 – My second letter to The Pilot
- April 7, 1993 – No! No! No!
- September 2, 1993 – Cardinal Law’s Action in Resolving Oxymoron
- September 27, 1993 – Murphy
- March 8, 1994 – Cardinal Law’s Reply to Oxymoron
- May 4, 1994 – My Challenge to Cardinal Law
- May 4, 1994 – An analysis of Cardinal Law’s Response
- May 4, 1994 – Complaint to Pope John Paul II.
- August 1994 – Dr. Gerald Benitz writes to Cardinal Law
- August 24, 1994 – Msgr. William Murphy, Vicar General of the Boston Archdiocese
- February 23, 1995 – Observation of the persistence in sex education
- March 14, 1995 – Monsignor Murphy asks me to quit writing the Archdiocese
- April 4, 1995 – I quit writing the Archdiocese
- 1998 – The last communication with Cardinal Law
- June 27, 2004 – The current battle for the children