The New York Times continues its attacks on a rival with more details about Mr Lewis’s part in cleaning up the phone-hacking scandal in 2011, these stemming from a policeman who worked on the inquiry. “Confidential documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with people involved in the criminal investigation show that, almost from the beginning, investigators with London’s Metropolitan Police were suspicious of the company’s intentions, and came to view Mr. Lewis as an impediment. “This year, the power-hungry Roche forced his old rival Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, to ban the celebration of traditional Holy Week services in his diocese. What will happen to Old Rite Catholics if the Vatican turns the thumbscrews yet again? That is certainly the model followed by Private Eye’s anonymous correspondents, and no one else has had as many stories followed up.
