Stopping the press - case of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Ralph Cipriano, and the Philadelphia archdiocese - Statistical Data Included

National Catholic Reporter, March 2, 2001 by Raymond A. Schroth

Although former editor Gene Roberts told Editor & Publisher that the church should be subject to the same scrutiny as any institution, Tierney and the archdiocese, and it seems the current leadership at the Inquirer, which has a renowned stable of investigative journalists, disagree.

Meanwhile, the cardinal has his costly properties and his costly victory, and Cipriano has a few million dollars -- and his professional self-respect.

Jesuit Fr. Raymond A. Schroth is the Jesuit community professor of the humanities at St. Peter's College in Jersey City, N.J. His e-mail address is raymondschroth@aol.com