Archbishop, Vatican Satisfied With Review

SEATTLE — Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen said Wednesday that both he and the Vatican are satisfied with the results of a five-year Vatican review of his enforcement of church doctrine in areas such as homosexuality, annulment and birth control.

“Over the time span we have certainly taken a long, hard look at ourselves and we have communicated it back to the people who asked the questions in the first place,” Hunthausen said at a news conference.

“I’m saying there’s satisfaction on all levels that this has been done conscientiously and done well,” the Seattle archbishop said.

Archbishop Pio Laghi, apostolic pronuncio, announced Tuesday in Washington the formal closure of the work of the Apostolic Commission, which began its review in January, 1987.