Sort of heard about this last Thursday but couldn't get the details.

And today's Asbury Park Press article doesn't have them all either.

Like, just two questions: what happens to Monsignor Flynn and what happens to OLM's traditional Latin Mass one Sunday a month? Does Father John, who underwent training to learn the TLM, take it with him to St. Joe's?

Will he take along as well his tradition of communion under one species?

"'Father John' embraces his new congregation" - Asbury Park Press, 5/11/08:

when the 43-year-old Bambrick leaves St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church [Manalapan], and the 4,700-family congregation he helped grow, for a new assignment in June at the larger St. Joseph's Church in Toms River.

His flock includes Our Lady of Mercy Church in Englishtown, which merged with the Manalapan church in 2007.

it's a challenge he met before — when he assumed responsibility for Our Lady of Mercy after 34-year pastor, the Rev. Charles Valentine, retired

Bambrick made national headlines when he went public with his story of sexual abuse at the hands of a priest

He tracked down Eremito, a Bronx priest who went on to practice in Texas and Atlantic Highlands, and appealed to New York Cardinals John O'Connor and Edward Michael Egan to have Eremito removed from ecclesiastical duties.

Eremito was removed from the priesthood in 2006

Yes, same Fr. V. as we had for 30+ years here. And the monsignor is familiar from my time at St. Dot's in Eatontown.

UPDATED, 5/23: Contrary to speculation, Msgr. Flynn is assigned to St. Mark's in Sea Girt, eff. 8/1. "Down the Shore." Retirement? Not really.