The Vatican has quietly concluded, with a brief statement, a once-hostile investigation of the largest organization of U.S. nuns, in which it charged the sisters with embracing “radical themes” and pursuing a “radical feminist agenda.” The crackdown generated a backlash among Catholic lay people in Seattle and other cities, and was bluntly described as “a disaster” by Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Seattle Archbishop J.