Sources say the comments riled many in the newsroom.
Tuesday's meeting was civil but serious, according to a source who attended. Anastasia got the ball rolling by asking if the Inquirer had in fact bowed to pressure from the Archdiocese, and why Rosenthal said what he did about Cipriano. Rosenthal denied that the paper had pulled punches. Rosenthal told the meeting attendees and City Paper that Kurtz didn't use all of his statements. He says he told Kurtz the Inquirer had published many of the facts recounted in the National Catholic Reporter in various articles from Cipriano's days on the religion beat.