Indeed - I was concentrating on MSW's articles, and you are quite correct.

The argument with Bill was concerning the attendance of the conference.  He had an issue with Cypress' numbers - which according to your citation were actually pretty accurate.  It would appear he owes Cypress an apology....

Perhaps there is a misunderstanding concerning this conference.  IF it was simply people of like mind talking to each other, that is one thing...  I was under the impression it was a seminar open for people to attend - if that is the case, then I was wondering what the attendance was.  

Thank you for pointing out Fr. Keenan's article.  It disappeared rather quickly I guess in the plethora of articles from MSW and McElwee, and since only a "handful of news outlets" (although I have only seen reports from like-minded NCR) were invited, it seems whatever message they were hoping to publicize may be rather hidden.