Associated Press: Colin Riley has gone obediently to Mass since boyhood, but he was mumbling apologies for raw words the other day to a statue of Jesus in the quiet sanctuary of St. Albert the Great of Weymouth, Mass. He was seething over efforts to close his church and others around Boston.
He and other parishioners at St. Albert have mounted an extraordinary challenge to Roman Catholic authority, snatching control of their church and inspiring occupations at several others. As their most prominent public voice, Riley is articulating the fresh stance of many American Catholics energized by the child-abuse scandal to confront religious leaders: They are loyal  but only to a point.
He and thousands like him foretell greater strains as the hierarchy strives to impose its authority on policy over church closings, sex abuse, gays, priestly celibacy, and other divisive questions.
