An animal alleged to be Loch Ness Monster was spotted by a group on a Boston Duck Tour yesterday. An observer of the incident provided the following drawing of the encounter. An area paleontologist, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Bostonist in an exclusive interview that, "the positioning of the flippers, combined with the angle of the jawbone, leads me to believe that the creature represented in the meticulously executed, true-to-life drawing is most likely Nessiteras rhombopteryx. However," she added, "I would need to see the dorsal posterior aspect of the body to confirm these findings."
If the adage no news is good news holds true; Bostonist is always a little uneasy when we read a lead in to a report like this: "The Archdiocese of Boston has convened a secret tribunal..." This story, however, has a miraculous twist. Cardinal John Henry Newman has been put forth to the Vatican to cannomize the late Cardinal on the process of becoming a saint. According to Catholic law, canonization of an individual into sainthood goes through a number of stages. Pope John Paul II (or JP Deuce as Bostonist has a habit of calling him) had found Cardinal Newman to be venerable during his term as Pope. There had been no evidence of a miraculous event made apparent to the Pope, but recently a claim has been made by a Boston man. Praying to Cardinal Newman allowed the Boston Deacon to experience a full recovery, which could be deemed by the special, secret tribunal in set up by the Boston Archdiocese as a miracle.
With the death of Pope John Paul II last week Bostonist brought up some questions that still plague the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. Of course we weren’t alone. Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests or "SNAP" is staging a protest of the mass offered in honor of the Pope by Cardinal Bernard Law in Rome. Cardinal Law left his position as head of the Boston Archdiocese because he reassigned priests and swept allegations of sexual abuse under the carpet. SNAP (Bostonist really likes their acronym) is protesting the involvement of Cardinal Law in the memorial masses of the late Pontiff.
