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Hey Wall: Don't you agree that the Jesuits should give back to Boston's cardinal his house on Brighton Campus instead of converting it into a lousy museum? — Hey Wall: Don’t you agree that the Jesuits should give back to Boston’s cardinal his house on Brighton Campus instead of converting it into a lousy museum?

Museums are wonderful spaces for the community. Cardinal O’Malley himself quickly moved out of the home, even when the diocese owned it. Given that, and the fact that the property was sold to fund a settlement for hundreds of children abused by members of the Archdiocese, it would seem in poor taste to give it back. With Boston College as the ultimate purchaser, one could consider the matter a simple shifting of columns in the total balance of items the Catholic Church owns. The Catholic News Agency has more: bit.ly/BCLandSale

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Don’t you agree that the Jesuits should give back to Boston’s cardinal his house on Brighton Campus …