Reports today from Manila that the Vatican has stripped ivory collector Monsignor Cristobal Garcia of his positions in the Archdiocese of Cebu and suspended him while the Vatican investigates accusations he molested altar boys 25 years ago in the United States. These allegations have been known to the Vatican and the Church establishment in Cebu for nearly a quarter century, not least because of the excellent 2005 reporting of Brooks Egerton of the Dallas Morning News and his “Runaway Priests: Hiding in Plain Sight” series. But it was at a press conference today in response to Blood Ivory, entitled “Ivory Worship and Monsignor Cris Garcia” that the archbishop announced the Monsignor’s ouster. Some harsh words were added about me including …