One report of the LC timeline

An AmP reader anonymously contributes their understanding of the LC timeline:

"... at the meeting our section director held this week, he explained that several months ago, the investigation was completed & facts about the affair verified, and at that point, Fr. Alvaro informed the Vatican immediately, received their response ("Tell your people"), & began the process of personally telling his priests about the situation. This process was slow, b/c he really desired to follow the person-to-person methodology we have always had, and which he found to be most fatherly.

This process was fast-forwarded last weekend, when it became clear that the news was about to become public, and he wanted to ensure that all LCs & RC members were informed before it came out in the media. Immediately, the method changed from top-to-individual to phone tree: the many remaining priests & seminarians were informed through the hierarchical structure; section directors informed RC group leaders who called team leaders who personally called all their team members. So TBTG, we all knew before it hit the media (barring a few out-of-towners and/or missed assignments, I'm sure).