Bishop Braxton

* Regarding your article on Bishop Edward Braxton (NCR, Jan. 25), I can only ask, "Has the man no shame?" While he served in the St. Louis archdiocese, I had several opportunities to meet him. I was always touched by his homilies. Obviously he can talk the talk better than he can walk the walk. Is it any wonder the laity are fleeing from the church? To steal $10,000 in funds from a program established for the benefit of a special ministry for children over the written objections of the foundation board is arrogance beyond belief. When a bishop uses $8,000 to purchase "custom clerical garments," as quoted from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, from funds intended for the missions, I would call that "vanity of vanities." I wait in wonder to see whether the Vatican will turn another blind eye to yet another blot on the name of the church.

ARLENE J. MOLL

Washington, Mo.

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