Providence: How and when will the Archdiocese repsond?

So I mentioned in my post below that there is a new controversy in the Archdiocese of Anchorage. This time, it has to do with a known abortionist setting up shop in Providence Hospital, our Catholic hospital in Anchorage. Defend Us in Battle has once again caught wind of this, posted it, and gave it enough fuel to ride on over to the national blogosphere. Lisa Graas is on this like a wolf on a caribou carcass. I’ve also already seen this news tweeted around. And, this is the kicker, it's going to be talked about on the air. All in all it’s not good. Not good at all.

Important among all other questions, in my opinion, is this; How will the Archdiocese respond? Will they respond? We’ve seen in the past an almost panicked reversal of a decision to allow the Episcopalian Bishop of the United States ordain a bishop for Anchorage in Our Lady of Perpetual Help when news of that hit the blogs. We’ve also seen sort of a stone walling when it came to information about rumors that the excellent editor of the Catholic Anchor was being let go from that publication, where no information was given to requests for clarification. In either case, the Archdiocese didn’t handle the spread of new media type news very well. Whether it was in the dark about Alaska Women’s Health doing business at Providence or not, it still needs—no has to—respond to this quickly and clearly. This new issue just simply isn’t going to go away. Of course, the fact that this is all coming out while Archbishop Schwietz is in Madrid for World Youth Day doesn't help.

Like Joe from Defend Us In Battle, I urge prayer for our Archbishop. I’m sure it’s not an easy task to be the shepherd in a in a diocese so vast and in many cases so extremely rural it presents its own unique challenges, while also having to deal with issues like Alaska Women’s Health setting up in Providence. And if you do write him, please be respectful.