An absolutely ridiculous comment. The catholic membership has as much right to make whatever moves they believe will be in their long term best interests just as we do (we haven't exactly been quiet about preferring to leave for a better home).
Whether this ends up being a wise decision on their part is open for debate and those of us who don't like the idea are entitled to dislike it (just as many fans of those schools would have disliked the idea of us leaving) but the statement 99 made was assinine.