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<b>I am writing to express my concerns about what is happening with Jordanstown school for the deaf and visually impaired. My concerns centre around the current board of governors and their behaviour towards staff, unprofessionalism, bullying behaviour, and information
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I will start by addressing my concerns with Father Patrick Devlin, who sits on the board of governors as a trustee of the Ulster Society for Promoting the Education of the
Deaf and the Blind. Information came to light while looking online that Father Devlin has posted “severe right wing Catholic homophobic and potentially homophobic material on his parish website. Only removed when a member of the public complained to the bishop, and filed a complaint with the diocese child protection officer, knowing he sat on the board of other schools. It seems Father Devlin also asked that “Any young males with masturbation problems should come and speak to him”. I find this alone totally
inappropriate that anyone with these views, let alone publically posting them online has no place in an integrated school, which currently is trying to figure out how to include unisex toilets for any child that is having gender issues.<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span>It was also brought to my attention that during last week’s (9<sup>th</sup> November) remembrance service for the war dead, jokes were made about Father Devlins
driving record, namely his repeated prosecutions for speeding, including twice losing his license and the latest causing the judge to say “you have a blatant disregard for the laws of the road and this seems to be a weekly occurrence with you”. Father Devlins statement, in front of everyone was “It doesn’t matter what speed your doing, as long as you plead guilty”. What a fantastic example this is to set to children, during a service to remember the dead. As someone who was almost killed a few years back by a reckless
driver, I find comments like these completely irresponsible and inappropriate. <span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Speaking with members of staff, and from online posted comments relating specifically to schools hes involved in, I know he has an ignorant, arrogant and bullying demeanor
about him. He seems to have a misplaced idea that he can speak to, and treat people with no respect whatsoever. I have been told that just last week he reduced a retired staff member to tears, after she was using a room that she had booked well in advance
to hold a conference she had put months of work into, and which was being attended by people from all over the world, which would have promoted the school and the good work its staff do, simply because he felt he had a given right to the room, regardless of
anyone else. <span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">His attitude and manner, and his previous published material online make me seriously question why he is sitting on the board of governors of this school. I will be taking
this matter up with the Charity commission and also the Ulster Society board themselves, as well as you guys. </span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On the Department of Education website, it states no form of bullying shall be tolerated in schools. I’m guessing this was more for the children that attended, however the
bullying in Jordanstown is coming solely from grown adults who have a position of “power” that they abuse each and every time they set foot into that school. The governors have obviously become nothing more than a clique now; it’s plain to see that to anyone
who looks. And it’s not for the good of the school, its dedicated staff, or the pupils. It’s a power grab and nothing more. </span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I had reason to make a formal complaint to the board of governors a few years ago, before they had even set up a sub committee to look at the complaint I was told by a board
of governors and trustee member that I would not get any outcome to the complaint that I would be happy with, this was before they had even looked into it. </span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It states on the school website that the board of governors should hold an annual meeting with parents, as yet, and as far as anyone can remember, not once have they held one.
<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The majority of parents don’t know what is going on in that school, and if they did, I can honestly say they would be up in arms, as are we as parents of a child that attends.
The school has the potential to be so much more if it were not for the condescending and bullying treatment at the hands of the governors.
<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I personally put my name forward for the board this year as I feel it needs a massive clear out to turn this trend around. </span></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope this highlights the bulling and belittling attitude shown to staff by the Board of Governors. Staff who are fantastic at their jobs and who have drive and passion for
making the school be the very best it can be but are being held back by the very people who are put in place to make the school itself better.<span style="border: 0px rgb(33 , 33 , 33); color: #212121; font-family: "quot"; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
</span>Jordanstown School has the great opportunity of being able to have Miss Sturgeon as principal which is something most if not all parents want to see happen because it is very clear for everyone to see that the school and the pupils are her life and she
gives her all to make it better but because of the ongoing problems and the level of bullying she is receiving from the Board of Governors we fear it will not happen and that would be a great loss for the school, pupils and parents.</span></h1>
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<b>I'm afraid that Father Paddy Devlin the PP of Ligoniel Parish in Belfast has a long history of having bad relationships in the schools that he has been associated with.</b><br />
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<b>His brother - Tony - the PP of St. Paul's Parish in Belfast has a similar reputation when it comes to teachers and schools.</b><br />
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<b>I cannot understand why Paddy Devlin is on the board of governors of a school that is not Catholic?</b><br />
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<b>And I would have thought that the board of governors in any school should not interfere on a daily basis in the school but should work through the principal?</b><br />
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<b>In this case Mr. Clarke is saying the board of governors are making Miss Sturgeon's job difficult?</b><br />
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<b>When Paddy Devlin was in West Belfast, and causing havoc in schools the then bishop, Paddy Walsh had to order him to stay out of the schools.</b><br />
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<b>There was also a problem with a school when he became PP of Ligoniel.</b><br />
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<b>Talking about his speeding convictions in a jocular way is not very edifying.</b><br />
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<b>Speed kills!</b><br />
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<b>I hope the parents and staff at this very special and good school can sort these things out and get the peace they need to look after their very special children. </b></div>
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This led him to become very unhappy and ill and forced him to leave Maynooth.</div>
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According to the priest Monahan was principally concerned that David Dysky would sue him and the diocese after what happened to him.</div>
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David Dysky should sue the boots off Monahan and Killaloe.</div>
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They had a duty of care towards him and failed, in my opinion, in that duty of care.</div>
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It is also alleged that David is having to pay his own medical and counselling bills!</div>
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In his short time in Killaloe Monaghan has made himself very unpopular among his priests.</div>
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The older ones over 60 are just staying on and trying to ignore Monahan.</div>
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It is believed by some priests of the diocese that Monahan is using Killaloe as a staging post for more promotion - to a bigger diocese or an archdiocese.</div>
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The father and husband was serious ill.</div>
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The family looked to another priest - their former neighbour -who is a retired Northampton priest living in County Down - Father Eamon Murray.</div>
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And even though Father Murray (44) is not in full health - having suffered a heart attack and a stroke - he was able to drive from County Down to visit the dying man in his home.</div>
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Furthermore Father Murray went out of his way to visit the dying man when he was admitted to Antrim Area Hospital.</div>
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Furthermore, Father Murray visited the wake house to comfort the bereaved family.</div>
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It was the family's wishes that Father Murray celebrate the man's month's mind Mass in Magherafelt next Friday evening.</div>
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Now Reichsmarschall Gates has told Father Murray that he forbidding him to celebrate the Mass!!!</div>
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Gates himself has had Father Murray celebrate his Masses when he wants to go on holidays.</div>
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So Father Murray is good enough to cover Gates' holiday Masses - but not good enough to celebrate the months mind Mass of a neighbour, dear friend and a man he ministered to at home or in hospital.</div>
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Gates is a an aggressive and cantankerous little shit.</div>
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The people of Magherafelt need rid of him.</div>
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But of course the Big Girl's Blouse Amy wont move Gates because he will not be told what to do.</div>
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com89tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-9682651192362759682018-11-24T23:10:00.000+00:002018-11-25T10:03:01.329+00:00FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>HOMILY AT THE ORATORY - 25TH NOVEMBER 2018</b></div>
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<b>TODAY'S FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING WAS AS MUCH A POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AS IT WAS A RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT WHEN PIUS X1 INSTITUTED IT IN 1925.</b></div>
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<b>The Pope had lost his lands in Italy called the Papal States and he was also deeply unhappy about the rise of nationalism and secularism.</b><br />
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<b>So having lost his political clout he decided that he would have to up his religious clout.</b><br />
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<b>He did this by instituting the Feast of Christ the King in 1925.</b><br />
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<b>And, of course, if Christ was the Universal King of everything - then as his representative on earth - the pope was the representative of the king of kings.</b><br />
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<b>From then onwards in the RC Church the thinking was that the spiritual kingdom - which the pope headed - was superior to all earthly and worldly kingdoms. </b><br />
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<b>So the Pope was the Top Man on earth - again!</b><br />
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<b>Of course we believing Christians have no problem with Christ being our "king". </b><br />
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<b>Jesus himself, in answer to Pilate, said he was a king. But of course he went on to say that his kingdom was not a kingdom of this world. He was referring to God's spiritual kingdom.</b><br />
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<b>One of the more interesting royals of the 20th century was Princess Diana.</b><br />
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<b>She was set to be the Queen of England but she was never to reach that office - partly because she was hated by other royals and partly because she herself had many flaws that included immaturity.</b><br />
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<b>On one famous television programme she said that she desired to be the "Queen of Hearts".</b><br />
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<b>And as her mysterious death proved she was indeed loved and adored by millions of hearts.</b><br />
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<b>In a very real sense for us Christians Christ the King wants to be the King of Hearts - our hearts.</b><br />
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<b>As his life proved he had (unlike the popes) no love of palaces and riches.</b><br />
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<b>He was born in an animal shelter and he died on the site of the Jerusalem dump.</b><br />
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<b>In his lifetime he changed the hearts of everyone he met.</b><br />
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<b>Some hearts were comforted by encountering him - people like the sick, the lepers, the blind and even the dead.</b><br />
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<b>Other hearts were challenged by encountering him - the Pharisees, Herod, Pilate.</b><br />
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<b>An encounter with him left no one unchanged. </b><br />
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<b>And as a spiritual king Christ was capable of a king's generousity and a king's "wrath".</b><br />
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<b>His "wrath" became apparent when he took a whip to the money changers in the Temple; when he called Herod a fox and when he told the Pharisees that they were a Brood of Vipers.</b><br />
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<b>His "wrath" happened because he was justifiably angry at hypocrisy, corruption, injustice especially from those who should have known better or from whom more was expected - and from those who wanted to hurt any of his little ones.</b><br />
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<b>Kings have subjects.</b><br />
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<b>But Christ the King has brothers, sisters and friends.</b><br />
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<b>In the Gospel of John (15:15) Jesus says:</b><br />
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<b>Today we are watching the collapse of the RC church in the USA.</b></div>
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<b>This is the situation in Ireland.</b></div>
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<b>1. Some of the Irish bishops are sexually compromised and are not in a position to tackle the sexually active priests and seminarians as a result.</b></div>
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<b>4. A small number of senior members of the clergy are being blackmailed by a small number of young men with whom they had sex.</b></div>
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<b>7. There are priests openly living with their gay partners and these situations are being ignored by the bishops.</b></div>
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<b>8. Recently a bishop offered one of these priests with a gay lay partner a five figure sum if he left the priesthood.</b></div>
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<b>9. Priests are quite openly visiting gay saunas in Dublin, Belfast, London and abroad when they are on holidays.</b></div>
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<b>10. There are hundreds of priests with profiles on Grindr.</b></div>
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<b>All of this will become public in time and the Irish people will be shocked at the level of corruption in the Irish presbyterate.</b></div>
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<b>The Emperor Napoleon once said to a cardinal:</b><br />
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<b>"I'm going to destroy the Church of Rome".</b><br />
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<b>The cardinal replied:</b><br />
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<b>"We priests have been trying to do that for hundreds of years".</b><br />
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<b>People's lack of education and the lack of a massive media saved the church from its priests</b><br />
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<b>Now people are more educated and we have a massive investigative media.</b><br />
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<b>This total near collapse of the Irish Church will be played out on our TV and computer screens.</b><br />
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<b>A small rump "church" may remain?</b><br />
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<b>But that is what it will be - a rump.</b><br />
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<b>The bishops and clergy have been behaving like a bunch of monkeys.</b><br />
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<b>The only problem with that is:</b><br />
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<b>"The higher a monkey climbs the more you see of his ass".</b><br />
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Szutenbach, shown here in his home in Orlando, Florida, says he was abused by a
top administrator, while a seminarian in Denver.</span></b></div>
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— Stephen Szutenbach had never kissed anyone when, he says, a priest he had
befriended in the late 1990s started making sexual advances. Szutenbach was 18,
a devout Catholic teenager interested in the seminary; the Rev. Kent Drotar was
a 39-year-old ranking administrator at St. John Vianney Seminary.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"I
was so sheltered and I was very uncomfortable because … he's in charge,"
Szutenbach said. "He's the person who could say, 'I don't think he's fit
to be in the seminary.' "</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">In
2007, Szutenbach reported the allegations to one of his former seminary
teachers. The Denver Diocese, led by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput before he
came to Philadelphia, sent Drotar to counseling and then reassigned him to
another parish. The priest was later removed permanently from ministry after
Szutenbach said he warned Chaput he would take his claims to the media.</span></b></div>
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didn't disclose his story at the time but reached out to the Inquirer and Daily
News this year after a wave of high-profile reports of sexual misconduct in
Catholic seminaries or against young priests in training. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/world/europe/cardinal-theodore-mccarrick-resigns.html"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Cardinal
Theodore McCarrick of Washington resigned in July </span></a>after allegations
that he abused minors and seminarians as the church leader in Newark and
Metuchen, N.J. Four dioceses — Philadelphia, Boston, Newark, and Lincoln,
Neb. — are investigating claims about misconduct in their seminaries.</span></b></div>
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issue is likely to emerge when the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets in
Baltimore this week, amid <a href="http://www2.philly.com/news/pennsylvania/catholic-church-bishops-sex-abuse-coverup-pennsylvania-west-virginia-wyoming-20181103.html"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">new
questions over their handling of sex-abuse claims.</span></a> Cardinal
Daniel DiNardo, conference president, has proposed establishing an independent
hotline for reporting abuse by bishops against minors as well as
"vulnerable adults," a group that includes church clergy, staff, and
seminarians.</span></b></div>
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a legal standpoint, people often think a 19-year-old should be able to say no
and walk away. It's not that easy," said Kathleen McChesney, former
executive director of the bishops' Office of Child Protection. "Because of
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officials in Philadelphia and Boston <a href="http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/philadelphia-archdiocese-sex-harassment-st-charles-borromeo-seminary-20180816.html"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">launched
their seminary investigations this year</span></a> after former seminarian
<a href="https://medium.com/@johnmonaco/an-open-letter-to-cardinal-omalley-in-regards-to-the-seminary-investigation-108d1c295247"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">John
Monaco alleged harassment</span></a> and sexual advances by classmates at St.
Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood and at St. John's Seminary in Brighton,
Mass.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"The
fact is, every single priest who committed abuse throughout history had to go
through seminary," Monaco said in an interview. "So the question is
how are seminaries either hiding this stuff or how are they preparing men for
priesthood?"</span></b></div>
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spotlight on seminary misconduct stirred Szutenbach to break his silence.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/catholic-church-sex-abuse-clergy-pennsylvania-grand-jury-report-released-names-20180814.html"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">After
the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sex abuse</span></a>,
he read Denver's vicar general publicly claim that the archdiocese <a href="http://www.cpr.org/news/story/catholic-leader-in-the-denver-archdiocese-reckon-with-new-church-abuse-allegations"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">had
no incidents of abuse against a minor since 2002.</span></a></span></b></div>
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I'm like OK, OK. … He said juvenile, but it's mincing words,"
Szutenbach recalled. "And it's another slap in the face, like my story didn't
count."</span></b></div>
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was a high school junior in 1998 when he met Drotar, a charismatic cleric who
had served in the Air Force before becoming a priest. Szutenbach's parents were
also Air Force veterans; the family bonded with the priest, inviting him to
family dinners and events. By Szutenbach's senior year, he said, Drotar began
attending the teen's swim meets and accompanied him on Catholic youth retreats
in the Rockies, an account confirmed by Dick Swain, the retreat leader.At that
time, Drotar was vocations director for the Denver Archdiocese, responsible for
public outreach and recruiting prospective seminarians.</span></b></div>
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then I didn't think anything of it," Szutenbach said. "Now I see that
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was 18 when he took a summer job in 2000 doing yardwork at the seminary. Often,
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John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, where Szutenbach said he endured
years of unwanted advances by a top administrator. </span></b></div>
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a fishing trip that summer, Szutenbach said, he woke up to the priest in his
bed, fondling him. He told Drotar he was uncomfortable with that. The priest
offered to hear his confession in the motel room that morning.</span></b></div>
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remember the drive back: I felt so bad," Szutenbach said. "I felt
gross. I felt guilty."</span></b></div>
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he wasn't about to abandon his vocation. Raised in a staunchly Catholic family,
Szutenbach grew up reciting the rosary in the car. He saw the priesthood as a
way to help people through faith. On some level, he said, he knew he was gay
and knew that wasn't accepted in the church. But he saw the seminary as a safe
place. "No one's going to ask you why you're not dating a woman if you're
in the priesthood," Szutenbach said.</span></b></div>
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his four years of study — first at the Immaculate Heart of Mary seminary in
Minnesota and then in Denver — he hid his relationship with Drotar, who by 2003
had been promoted to vice rector, the seminary's second-highest administrator.
Drotar's bedroom was just a few doors down from Szutenbach's.</span></b></div>
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would ask me to come to his apartment after evening prayer," and then
climb into his bed beside him and grope him, Szutenbach said. "I was
scared to [tell anyone] because it's my word against his."</span></b></div>
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declined to comment for this article. The Denver Archdiocese confirmed they
received Szutenbach's accusations. They acknowledged that Drotar had engaged in
"inappropriate physical conduct with an adult seminarian" but said
the allegations were "not criminal in nature."</span></b></div>
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said that he grew tired of hiding his homosexuality and that the abuse by
Drotar weakened his already wavering interest in the priesthood. So in 2004, he
dropped out of the seminary.</span></b></div>
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a letter that June, Drotar apologized to Szutenbach for the discord between
them after the seminarian said he was withdrawing. "Thank you, too, for
putting up with me and my weaknesses and struggles as I try to love you as a
father, brother and friend," the vice rector wrote. "I have been far
from perfect in it."</span></b></div>
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to get away, Szutenbach moved to Florida and enrolled in architecture school.
For three years, he kept silent.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">In
2007, while home for Christmas, Szutenbach visited his former Latin teacher,
Marica Frank, and their talk turned to current seminarians. Frank mentioned one
might not be ordained because the panel, which included Drotar, thought the
young man "presented as too flamboyant."</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Szutenbach
got visibly upset, then blurted out: "That's really ironic given that
Father Kent touched me sexually."</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Frank
was shocked. "Stephen, you were abused," she told him.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Frank
and another faculty member, therapist Jeanie Engelbert, reported the
information to the head of the seminary, who talked to Szutenbach.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"We
all thought it would be taken care of," Frank told the Inquirer and Daily
News in an interview. "We thought [Drotar] would be removed."</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">In
a statement last week, the archdiocese said that Chaput followed diocesan
policy when he removed Drotar after the accusations and then returned him
to ministry after consulting with a psychiatrist and the diocesan panel that
examined misconduct claims. Szutenbach, Engelbert, and Frank said they were
unaware that Drotar's conduct was ever scrutinized by the board; no one
asked them to testify or submit statements.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Engelbert
had worked at the seminary since 2001 as director of pastoral formation,
helping to place seminarians in the community. Outraged to learn Drotar was
returning to public ministry, she wrote to Chaput with her concerns, including
that the priest had been reassigned to a parish with a school.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"Given
the grave nature of Fr. Drotar's offense, and his apparent lack of
understanding of the seriousness of it, I believe it is unwise to place him
back into a situation where he will exercise authority over others," she
wrote.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Chaput
then summoned her to his office, she said.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"I
remember he had the letter in his hand and he looked at me and he said, 'What
do you want me to do with this?' " Engelbert said. "And I said, 'The
right thing.' "</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Weeks
later, Chaput let her know he had consulted with the psychiatrist who
determined that Drotar was suitable for parish ministry. The decision would
stand, he said.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The
next day, Engelbert said, she was informed she would not be hired back for
the upcoming school year. She saw it as retaliation.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"I
pushed back, I spoke out," Engelbert said. "… And so they just
probably wanted to get rid of any potential problems."</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Mark
Haas, spokesperson for the Denver Archdiocese, said he would not comment on
specific personnel matters but said: "Neither the archdiocese nor the
seminary has terminated any employee, or caused any adverse employment
consequences for any employee, who has raised an issue of sexual
misconduct."</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Five
months after Englebert's inquiry, Szutenbach learned that Drotar had been
returned to public ministry. He sought a meeting with Chaput. The archbishop
agreed to meet at a coffee shop.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"I
told him I was going to go to the press," Szutenbach said. "I
remember him being very, very demure. I think he would have done anything I'd
asked for."</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">(Chaput
declined last week to discuss the Drotar case or Englebert's claims. Through a
spokesperson, he referred all questions to the Denver Archdiocese.)</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Szutenbach
said the archbishop arranged to have him testify before Denver's conduct review
team.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">He
did so that November and was told a few weeks later that the board recommended
Drotar's permanent removal from ministry. The process is complicated and can
take years; only the Vatican can laicize a priest. Still, Szutenbach
assumed Drotar had been defrocked, never again able to call himself a priest.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">A
fresh dose of scandal</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">When
the clergy sex-abuse scandal flared anew this summer, this time over
seminarians, Szutenbach went online and searched Drotar's name.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Drotar
is no longer in public ministry, but Szutenbach found several postings where
the now-57-year-old refers to himself as "Father" or
"Reverend." He asked the Denver Archdiocese and was told, in emails
he shared with the Inquirer and Daily News, that officials there never followed
through on their pledge to end Drotar's ties to the church.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"They
were going to laicize him and they told me they had tried. Which they didn't,
apparently … so I'm still being lied to," Szutenbach said.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The
headlines this summer — including revelations that West Virginia Bishop Michael
J. Bransfield, a Philadelphia native, <a href="http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/michael-bransfield-bishop-west-virginia-sexual-harassment-investigation-pope-francis-catholic-church-20180913.html"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">has
been accused of sexually harassing younger priests</span></a> — have convinced
Szutenbach that his experience wasn't unique. He hopes the bishops who
meet this week take his and similar stories to heart.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Szutenbach
said he goes to counseling and still has the occasional nightmare where he's
back in the seminary and there's a knock on his door at night.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"The
thing is, you're in this situation where you have these young folks who have
worshiped the priesthood and bishops for their whole lives," he said.
"It's a place that's ripe for abuse, and to not acknowledge what happened
for what it was, as with McCarrick or Drotar, it's kind of an abdication of the
ickiness and awfulness of abuse. It's still abuse."</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">His
homosexuality and contact with Drotar have largely estranged him from his
parents, he said. Now 37, Szutenbach lives in Orlando with his husband
and designs hospitals for a living.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">He
doesn't attend Mass, he said, but on occasion steps inside churches as a
photographer, still marveling at the intricate facades and stained glass.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">"The
abuse didn't destroy my faith," Szutenbach said. "The way they
treated me when I told them what happened, the way they responded, destroyed my
faith."</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Correction:
A previous version of this story misidentified Jeanie Engelbert's
certification. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.philly.com/archive/julia_terruso/"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Posted: November
12, 2018 - 5:00 AM </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.philly.com/archive/julia_terruso/"><span style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Julia Terruso </span></a>|
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<b>WERE TWO SEMINARIAN HURT IN MAYNOOTH IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN RECENT TIMES?</b></div>
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<b>I ask this question because I have received a report from a Maynooth source claiming this.</b></div>
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<b>I wrote about this to Eamon Martin two days ago and he never answered me.</b></div>
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<b>He neither agreed that these things had happened or denied they had happened.</b></div>
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<b>What are we to make of Eamon Martin's "No Comment"?</b></div>
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<b>Personally I do not think its good enough for the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland - and a trustee of Maynooth to simply say: "No Comment".</b></div>
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<b>But there you have it...…………………………….</b></div>
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<b>If it happened - say it happened.</b></div>
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<b>If it didn't happen - say it didn't happen.</b></div>
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<b>Its an important thing called TRUTH.</b></div>
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<b>My source gave me the names of the two people who were, allegedly, hurt.</b></div>
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<b>One of those names in Sean Hickey from Kilkenny and the Diocese of Ossory.</b></div>
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<b>Another is called David Dysky from Ennis and the Diocese of Kilalloe.</b><br />
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</b><b>The piece below appeared in a Co. Clare parish newsletter last year:</b><br />
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We are all aware that there have been and still are serious concerns about Maynooth.</div>
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Those concerns caused Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to withdraw all his seminarians from Maynooth, </div>
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-75026323522563225512018-11-20T22:38:00.000+00:002018-11-20T22:38:36.284+00:00SEXUAL ASSAULTS - FORMER SEMINARIANS?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>WERE TWO IRISH EX-SEMINARIANS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN RECENT TIMES?</b></div>
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<b>Was one of them admitted to hospital with a broken limb?</b></div>
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<b>Is the other one currently receiving psychiatric care for PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.</b></div>
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<b>Has an Irish bishop recently dismissed the man responsible for both assaults.</b><br />
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<b>Yesterday I sent Eamon Martin the following email:</b><br />
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Dear Eamon,</div>
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I have received a report that two ex-seminarians of Xxxxxxxx were sexually assaulted by one of your "charges".</div>
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I am told that the name of the two assaulted were:</div>
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Xxxx Xxxxxx of Xxxxxx - who was allegedly treated for a limb fracture.</div>
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Xxxxx Xxxxx of Xxxxx who was and is being treated by a mental health team.</div>
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx</div>
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Have you been informed of these allegations?</div>
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Have the incidents been reported to the police?</div>
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This is a very serious matter and I hope you will not ignore this email.</div>
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Dear Pat,</div>
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Your email of earlier today has been passed to me. I would like to advise you that if you are in possession of any information that a crime may been committed you should report the matter immediately to the PSNI or An Garda Siochana. You should also advise anyone who believes they have been the victim of a crime of their right to make a complaint to the PSNI or An Garda Siochana in order that the matter be investigated appropriately.</div>
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Yours Sincerely,</div>
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<b>No one can argue with Aidans "advice".</b></div>
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<b>And I will contact the Garda and report the matters.</b></div>
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<b>But has Amy not got responsibility in these matters too?</b></div>
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<b>He obviously does not want to dialogue with me on the matter.</b></div>
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<b>That's ok.</b></div>
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<b>But he is the primate of Ireland and the archbishop of Armagh. </b></div>
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<b>Some of the characters allegedly involved answer to him.</b></div>
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<b>Where is the supposed new transparency on these matters?</b></div>
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<b>THE FATHER GATES MAGHERAFELT PETITION</b></div>
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<b>Magherafelt parishioners have told the blog that there is a petition circulating in the parish asking Eamon Martin to move John Gates out of the parish.</b></div>
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<b>Yesterday, several Magherafelt parishioners telephoned The Oratory asking how they can find the petition and sign it.</b></div>
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<b>Perhaps the organisers of the petition could let our readers know about the petition and how those who wish to sign it can.</b></div>
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<b>It appears that Father Gates is not very popular with a significant number of parishioners.</b></div>
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-26904420421608003272018-11-19T23:31:00.000+00:002018-11-19T23:31:01.443+00:00EAMON MARTIN AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE PRIESTS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
FOR WHATEVER REASON EAMON MARTIN OF ARMAGH APPEARS TO BE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO SEXUALLY ACTIVE GSY PRIESTS.<br />
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Some Armagh priests are in a long-term sexual relationship with other priests.<br />
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Some Armagh priests are in long-term relationships with other men who are not priests.<br />
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Some Armagh priests are on Grindr and other sites.<br />
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Some Armagh priests are in loved with seminarians and other younger men.<br />
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Some of these younger men are being treated to holidays, trips, designer clothing, and other treats.<br />
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There are reliable rumours that a number of young men are providing personal "services" for priests.<br />
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Eamon Martin has remained very silent about the Maynooth and Irish College scandals.<br />
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I have personally written to him about several cases.<br />
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Most of the time he does not respond.<br />
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Eamon Martin has shown himself to conservative and traditional on Catholic teachings.<br />
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For instance recently on Rome and Maynooth, he spoke about priests and graduates responsibility to work to missionize Ireland again to Catholicism.<br />
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You would have thought that if Eamon was very keen on imposing Catholic teaching he would be imposing it on his own clergy.<br />
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What is at the root of Eamon's lack of action?<br />
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Are so many priests involved that he cannot deal with them with reducing the Armagh presbyterate greatly?<br />
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Many Armagh clergy dislike him already.<br />
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Is he afraid to swell the numbers of those who dislike him?<br />
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In any event as the primate of Ireland, he is not giving leadership on this issue.<br />
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Why?<br />
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I would be interested in readers opinions about his inaction.</div>
Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-66920414617265595282018-11-18T22:01:00.000+00:002018-11-19T13:39:34.179+00:00FATHER JOE SEERY - A SAD, SAD CASE.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">Hi Pat,</span></b><br />
<b><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">As an Ennis native I can confirm that Joe Seery’s past was well known in the local community there. </span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">As a local Hotel Manager, I had daily interaction with Seery who was a regular in my hotel bar. He came across as an incredibly lonely man. He would drink up to 8 brandies and port in the afternoon and would come back in the evenings and drink several bottles of beer. He came across as having a high dependency on alcohol. He was also well known for drink-driving. </span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">One of my bar Supervisors always asked another person to serve Seery as he said he wouldn’t because Seery was a “pervert” and a “child molester”. </span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">He moved back to Ennis around <a href="tel:+442003" style="color: #0072c6;">2003</a> after Tuam released him on “health grounds”. He always talked about his time serving in Knock as the highest point of his career.</span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">I was staying at a hotel in Connemara about 8 years ago and the manager there who knew me asked if I knew Seery? I said I did. He said they were always questions over his head when he was in Ballyconeely and whilst he was popular, people believe something happened to him in the past. The manager also confirmed Seery was a heavy drinker in the local pubs there. </span><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="color: #212121; font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">From what I gathered, Seery died of heart failure. It was speculated by other hotel bar regulars that his alcohol abuse was a major contributor. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">PAT SAYS:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">I am very sad to hear that Joe Seery, a classmate, and ordained with me went on to live the life he did.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">It is pretty obvious that he had deep psychosexual issues that he never addressed properly.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">The Irish Daly Mail have been preparing an article about him that will appear today, Monday.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">It seems that he abused in New Orleans as he was reported to the police there in 1978.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">He left the US and was taken into Tuam diocese where he served in 4 parishes.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">We are not certain if he abused there.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">He obviously developed an alcohol problem.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">Why did no one get him professional help?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">Has he left victims/survivors behind.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">Father Piotr has been living in Tralee with King Puck.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">Before that, he was working in Armagh.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: , "helveticaneue"; font-size: 16px;">He is now leaving Kerry to become chaplain to the hunks in the Orosh Army barracks in Sarsfield in Limerick.</span></b><br />
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-17390851092572691112018-11-17T23:41:00.000+00:002018-11-18T08:52:39.045+00:00ST JOHN'S COLLEGE WATERFORD - NOT ALL WELL<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>I HAVE HEARD SOME NEW SAD STORIES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS ABOUT MY OLD SEMINARY - ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, WATERFORD.</b></div>
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<b>I was in St. John's from 1973 to 1976 and I must say my personal experience was very positive.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Monsignor John Shine was vice president and president in mytime. He was extremely kind to me and gave me all the support and encouragement I needed.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JOHN SHINE SHORTLY BEFORE HE DIED.</td></tr>
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<b><br /></b> <b>He maintained discipline, but with a light hand.</b><br />
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<b>He was an old fashioned church man and a canon lawyer and would have been the "sort it out" man in Waterford.</b><br />
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<b>That would have involved not reporting some matters to the civil authorities that he should have. It was how they all did it then.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Other staff members were:</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Father Martin Slattery.</b><br />
<b>Father Michael O Connor.</b><br />
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<b><br /></b> <b>Father Conor Ryan (Cashel diocese)</b><br />
<b>Father Tom Marsh.</b><br />
<b>Father Michael Mullins.</b><br />
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<b><br /></b> <b>Father Tony Hayes (Rosminian)</b><br />
<b>Father Brendan Crowley - Spiritual Director and Bishop's Secretary.</b><br />
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<b><br /></b> <b>Martin Slattery - a little reserved and cold.</b><br />
<b>Michael O'Connor - very odd and went on to have a big problem - now residing in Phonsie's garden.</b><br />
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<b>Tom Marsh - on another planet - chain smoker and a heavy drinker. Big GAA man.</b><br />
<b>Conor Ryan - young, reserved and now a cantankerous PP.</b><br />
<b>Michael Mullins - very friendly and totally disorganized.</b><br />
<b>Tony Hayes - deeply spiritual man and a great lecturer/preacher.</b><br />
<b>Brendan Crowley - lots of curly hair - no great depth.</b><br />
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<b>I only had one troublesome experience in Waterford when another seminarian took too much interest in me and I found it hard to cope. I was greatly helped by talking to Father Tony Hayes about the matter.</b><br />
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<b>SEMINARIAN ONE:</b><br />
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<b>One ex-seminarian of Waterford recently complained to Phonsie about his rough treatment by a staff priest who put him out on the street without a place to stay or his bus fare.</b><br />
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<b>SEMINARIAN TWO:</b><br />
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<b>Another ex-seminarian has also complained to Phonsie about things that happened in his time in the college. There are very serious allegations and have no so far been resolved.</b><br />
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<b>HOMOSEXUALITY:</b><br />
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<b>In my three years in Waterford, I was only aware of one seminarian who was active and attempted to seduce other seminarians.</b><br />
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<b>He was later ordained and is now ministering in England.</b><br />
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<b>Apparently in - two years after I left - four seminarians were involved in strange goings on.</b><br />
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<b>Two were expelled.</b><br />
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<b>Two were allowed to continue.</b><br />
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<b>I imagine that all seminarians, past and present have stories to tell.</b><br />
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<b>However, some seminarians, especially heterosexual ones, have suffered great injustices in the past - and right up until the present.</b><br />
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<b>These injustices must be put right.</b><br />
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<b>CONTACT:</b><br />
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<b>bishopbuckley1@outlook.com </b><br />
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-49943350376561325532018-11-16T23:33:00.000+00:002018-11-19T10:27:27.932+00:00FATHER JOE SEERY ABUSED IN NEW ORLEANS - AND MAYBE IN TUAM???<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">JOSEPH SEERY</span></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><b>Date of Birth:<o:p></o:p></b></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "segoe ui" , "segoe ui web (west european)" , "segoe ui" , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: normal;">19th March </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="tel:1953" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">1953</a></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><b>Estimated Timeframe of Abuse: late 1970s <o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><b>Allegation Received: 1978 <o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><b>Left the USA: 1978 <o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><b>In response to questions, the archdiocese said Nov. 7 that then-Archbishop Philip Hannan removed Seery's faculties amidst the allegation in 1978 "and law enforcement was involved in the investigation. Seery returned to Ireland."</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><br /></b><b>Reposing at Daly’s Funeral Home</b><b>on Wednesday 15th from 6.00pm to 7.30pm</b></h3>
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<b><br /></b><b>Removal at 7.30pm to St. Joseph’s Church, Ennis.</b><b>Funeral Mass on Thursday 16th at 12 noon.</b></h3>
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Yesterday a Dublin journalist informed me that a now-deceased seminary classmate of mine has appeared on the list of fifty-seven credibly accused priests of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in the USA Father Joe Seery.</h2>
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I knew that he had been ordained for New Orleans. We were ordained on the same day by the bishop in the above pic - Bishop Michael Russell of Waterford and Lismore.</h2>
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I was aware that Joe left New Orleans very quickly and then received appointments within the Archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland.</h2>
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I am now surprised and shocked that Joe, who ordained at - went on to abuse within a year or so of his ordination.</h2>
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In that context, it is extremely worrying that after abusing in the USA he managed to be accepted into Tuam and was allowed to serve in four parishes where he had access to children.</h2>
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It is particularly worrying that he worked at Knock Shrine where he would have unrestricted access to children from all over the country and the world.</h2>
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Joe Seery was accepted into Tuam by Archbishop Joseph Cunnane.</h2>
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There was no indication in the seminary that he was an abuser / potential abuser - at least not that I saw.</h2>
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Joe Seery died at the age of fifty-eight.</h2>
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I do not know the cause of his death. Maybe others do?</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">A prominent Armagh priest - Father Brian White - is extremely angry at being accused of having a profile on the GRINDR app and has said that he will be reporting the false accusation to his legal advisors and the Garda.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: 700;">When I received the allegation I immediately contacted Father White by telephone and as he was not available I left a message and my telephone number.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: 700;">I received the following email from Father White and am happy to publish it here:</span><br />
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<b>I have received your voice message of this morning and I have spoken to my Archbishop.</b></div>
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<b>This matter is causing me great distress and I completely deny these malicious and defamatory accusations.</b></div>
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<b>I intend to seek immediate legal advice and to report this matter to the police for investigation.</b></div>
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-65225722648091298312018-11-15T22:40:00.000+00:002018-11-15T22:40:26.163+00:00BEING A ROMAN CATHOLIC IS NOW INCOMPATIBLE WITH BEING A CHRISTIAN OR A GOOD PERSON<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>For months, American Catholics had been asked to be patient just a little longer. We were promised that the church’s “summer of shame,” following only the latest revelations about the systemic cover-ups of clerical sex abuse, would finally be addressed this week in Baltimore at the biannual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Instead, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the bishops conference — who has himself shielded at least one predator — opened the meeting by announcing that the Vatican had insisted on delaying any action until after a February Vatican summit on the scandal.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>No one can accuse me of being hasty. But after a lifetime of stubborn adherence on my part and criminal behavior on yours, your excellencies, you seem to have finally succeeded in driving me away. I’m not even sure there’s such a thing as a former Catholic, but I’m about to find out.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Like others who’ve had more than enough of your betrayals and arrogance and perpetual surprise about having coddled child rapists, I haven’t been back to Mass since June. That’s when a man I thought I knew pretty well, a man who unlike other church leaders amid the abuse scandals of 2002 seemed to understand the depth of the damage done, was himself disgraced.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>After “credible and substantiated” allegations that the now former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick had taken advantage of seminarians, assaulted an altar boy in 1971 and even, because evil knows no shame, abused the first child he had ever baptized, the accused was shipped off to the quiet of a Kansas friary — thanks so much for thinking of us out here on the prairie! — to pray, repent and, so far, stick to his story that he has done nothing wrong.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Then in August, we got the Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing more than 1,000 cases of abuse by more than 300 priests over seven decades. Across the country, other states have launched similar investigations, so all the hiding, stalling, law- and commandment-breaking ends here: Basta.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Melinda Henneberger is an editorial columnist for The Kansas City Star and a member of the USA TODAY Board of Contributors. Follow her on Twitter: @MelindaKCMO</b></span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Being a Roman Catholic today is now incompatible with being either a Christian or even a good person.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>It is like being in Germany in the 1940s and continuing to support the Nazis AFTER you found out about the concentration camps and the Final Solution.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Saying that there are good bishops, priests and people in the RC Church is like saying that there were good officers and soldiers in the Gestapo.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Saying that we cannot condemn the RC barrel because there are bad apples in it is like saying that we cannot condemn the Nazis because there were some masochistic influences inside the Nazis.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>It is like saying that we cannot condemn Hitler completely because he was good to his mother.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>The RC institution has proven that it is an evil institution that is being run by evil men for their own ends.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>It cannot be reformed or renewed.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>It is a snake - and even if it sheds its old skin it is still a snake.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>The corrupt men that abuse and cover up abuse are at the heart of the evil.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>But bishops, priests and lay people who stay IN supporting these evil men by their presence, their work or their possessions are simply CO-ABUSERS.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>If you enable abuse, even by your silence or inaction, you are still a co-abuser.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>I thank the Providence of God that through circumstances beyond my control I was expelled from this institution thirty two years ago.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>O Happy Fault!</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>We are all sinners. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>It is one thing being a sinner - but a completely different thing being an abuser or co-abuser.</b></span><br />
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<b>I just noticed that my recent post on Islam has disappeared?</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">By Ed Palattella www.bishopaccountability.org<br />October 30, 2018</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Original actions taken against the late Sr. Mary Carmel Skeabeck “appear</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to be </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">insufficient by today’s standards,” according to Sisters of St. Joseph.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skeabeck </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">was added to diocese’s list of accused on Monday.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania started </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">investigating </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">child sexual-abuse allegations against one of its deceased </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">members in May.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A complaint from an abuse victim triggered the probe.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The findings led the Catholic Diocese of Erie on Monday to place the nun, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sr. Mary Carmel Skeabeck, who died in 2015, on the diocese’s growing</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> list</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">priests and laypeople credibly accused of child sexual abuse and other</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">misconduct with minors since the 1940s.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skeabeck, the first nun to be placed on the diocese’s list, “sexually abused</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">a </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">student on numerous occasions in the late 1950s while teaching at Villa</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maria </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Academy” in Erie, the Sisters of St. Joseph, citing its investigation, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">said on </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monday.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Warning signs about Skeabeck, however, had surfaced long before May.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In a pattern that has been repeated in the clergy sex-abuse crisis </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">throughout </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the United States, the Sisters of St. Joseph knew of reports </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">about Skeabeck </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">at the time the abuse occurred.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yet the religious order allowed Skeabeck to remain in ministry in schools </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">other institutions throughout the 13-county Catholic Diocese of Erie </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">until she </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">retired in 2001, 14 years before she died at 91.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In her final assignment in ministry, according to information the sisters </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">released </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">on Monday, Skeabeck served from 1979 to 2001 at the all-girls </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Villa Maria </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Academy high school, where she taught until 1993 and then </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">volunteered in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">several departments.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skeabeck first taught at Villa in 1958-59, when she was in her mid-30s. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">That was </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the period, the sisters said, when the abuse occurred. Skeabeck</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">entered the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sisters of St. Joseph in 1942, when she was 18.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Though the religious order launched the probe of Skeabeck based on the <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">complaint made in May about the abuse at Villa, “evidence gathered </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">during the investigation does suggest that reports also were made at the</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">time the abuse </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">was occurring,” a spokeswoman for the Sisters of St. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Joseph told the Erie </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Times-News in an email. “While the evidence also </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">suggests that some corrective </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">actions were taken, those actions appear </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The spokeswoman, Stephanie Hall, said the Sisters of St. Joseph have </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">received </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">only the one complaint against Skeabeck, but that the sisters are</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">continuing to investigate and are encouraging anyone with information to </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Additional information could also help the Sisters of St. Joseph learn more </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">about </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">how the nuns handled complaints against Skeabeck years ago. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The diocese has </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">placed on its list the names of those who failed to act on </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">credible abus </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">complaints, including Bishop Alfred M. Watson, who headed </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the diocese from </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1969 to 1982 and died at 81 in 1990.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Key individuals are deceased, so we reiterate our call for anyone with <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">forward</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">”, Hall said.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“At this time, we are just looking into this situation that was recently </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">brought to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">our attention,” Hall also said. “At the same time, we strongly </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">encourage anyone </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">who has been abused by anyone, certainly by anyone </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">connected with the Sisters </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">of St. Joseph, to come forward and report the </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">To assist those who might have information, the Sisters of St. Joseph </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">released Skeabeck’s assignment history and photograph. Skeabeck’s </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">given name was </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Charlotte Skeabeck. Her religious name was Sr. Mary </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carmel. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“We understand that no apology, investigation or counseling will </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ever undo what </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">has happened,” the sisters said in a statement. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“We humbly</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">offer our sincere </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">efforts to fully cooperate with law </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">enforcement, shine </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">light on past misconduct </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">aid in healing and take steps </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">to ensure that </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">today’s children do not have to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">endure any abuse now or in </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the future.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The sisters and the diocese</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Sisters of St. Joseph and other orders of women religious need the</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">bishop’s </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">approval to operate within the Catholic Diocese of Erie. But the </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">orders are their </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">own communities with their own leadership structure and </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">assignment </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">responsibilities, which is why the Sisters of St. Joseph and </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the diocese </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">conducted separate investigations into allegations of child </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">sexual abuse.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The sisters and the diocese still took similar paths. To conduct the probe</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skeabeck, the sisters said, the order hired the Pittsburgh law firm of</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Under the direction of Bishop Lawrence Persico, the Catholic Diocese of</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Erie </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">hired K&L Gates in late 2016 to investigate child sexual abuse among</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">clergy </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and laypeople and to formulate its list. Persico released the first </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">iteration of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the list in April and has updated it regularly, including on </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monday. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Persico released the list — unprecedented in its scope among</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">after </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Persico released the diocese’s first list. The diocese’s investigation </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">of child </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">sexual abuse, like the sisters’, is ongoing but much wider in scope.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Our hearts and prayers go out to all victims and survivors of sexual abuse, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and want to put </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">an end to child abuse forever.”</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skeabeck is one of five new people the Catholic Diocese of Erie added to </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The updated list, which the diocese <a href="https://www.eriercd.org/childprotection/disclosure.html"><span style="color: blue;">posted</span></a>, now has 76 names — 49 clergy, <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">26 laypeople and one nun. The first list had 51 names — 34 priests and 17 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Patrick J. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Healy, who is deceased. The diocese said Healy was able to </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">function as a priest </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">because the abuse was reported after his death.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">final list following the results of the investigation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Among all Monday’s additions to the list, Skeabeck’s name stood out —<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">because of her status as a nun with a long history of being in contact with <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">education in various parishes of the Erie diocese.”<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I find it completely mind boggling how a woman who has her life to God </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and to living poverty, chastity and obedience has left such an evil legacy </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">behind.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I went to school to the nuns in Carlow in Ireland. Many of the nuns were </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A small handful were savage brutes - loving to beat us with straps, sticks </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">and rulers - and apparently taking pleasure in all our vulnerabilities and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">embarrassments.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As I went on through life, and after been ordained, I discovered that</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">while there were good and happy nuns many others were deeply unhappy,</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> sexually frustrated and angry with their barrenness. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Convents were often places that families sent their daughters to for</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">reasons of social respectability.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When I visited convents I found that they were full of rage and jealousy</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">with individual nuns absolutely hating each other.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sister Skeabeck was obviously a deep unbalanced pervert.</span></b><br />
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<b>Dear Pat,</b></div>
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<b>In Birmingham diocese this weekend Bernard Longley wrote a pastoral letter to be read in all churches. It is available on the diocecan website. Fundamantally it just expresses shame and sorrow for abuses carried out by the clergy. 26 priests in his diocese have been named. He and Vincent Nicols will be attending to give evidence in London in November.</b></div>
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<b>Why has it taken a civil inquiry to bring them to admit abuses and show (or maybe feign) compunction? Francis has said that he is setting up a policy of zero tolerance for those protecting abusers in the church. Has their silence in the past given tacit approval to those abusers? Or has their silence shown absolute approval? Honourable men would stand aside and admit their failure! The church will not fall apart if the failed prelates move aside. As Francis says he thinks that God is moving the church in a new direction.</b></div>
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<b>Come on now-actions speak loader than words. They need to stand aside and let some good men in. They need to stop paying lip service to safeguarding while riding roughshod over their diocesan safeguarding teams. </b></div>
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<b>Vincent and Bernard we are watching to see if you are humble, honest and holy or just protecting your own interests??</b></div>
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Britain's most senior Catholic faces questions over church's handling of child sex abuse claims<br /><br /> Patrick Sawer<br />
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England's most senior Catholic clergyman faces embarrassment this week when he appears before an inquiry to answer claims he ignored child sex abuse allegations against his priests, including the son of JRR Tolkien.<br />
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Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, is to give evidence in person to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which is investigating how a number of key institutions in Britain handled sex abuse claims.<br />
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The hearing will examine the Cardinal’s former Archdiocese of Birmingham, where he served as Archbishop from 2000 to 2009.<br />
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It will look into the handling of allegations against Father John Tolkien, the son of JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, who was questioned by police in 2002 over an abuse allegation, but was never charged.<br />
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Cardinal Nichols faces claims that senior church officials allowed Fr Tolkien, who died in 2003, to carry on working until around the time Cardinal Nichols took over at the Archdiocese, despite senior officials promising an alleged victim years earlier that he would be forced to retire.<br />
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Fr Tolkien had been accused by a Birmingham man, Christopher Carrie, of having twice sexually abused him in November 1956, when he was aged 11.<br />
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When, as an adult, he discovered in 1993 that Fr Tolkien was working as a parish priest in Oxfordshire, Mr Carrie reported the alleged abuse to the then Archbishop of Birmingham, Maurice Couve de Murville, who promised that senior officials would investigate.<br />
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Archbishop Murville told Mr Carrie that Fr Tolkien was shortly due to retire as a priest.<br />
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However Mr Carrie discovered the following year that despite this promise, Fr Tolkien was still actively officiating in church services and continued to do so until at least the mid 1990s.<br />
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This prompted him to report his claims to West Midlands Police in September 1994. In February 2002, following a second police investigation, the Crown Prosecution Service ruled that while there was “sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of a conviction”, it was not in the public interest to to bring charges against Fr Tolkien because of his poor state of health.<br />
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Mr Carrie then sued the Archdiocese of Birmingham for compensation over the trauma he had suffered at the hands. The case was eventually settled, and he was paid an undisclosed sum.<br />
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Cardinal Nichols, who will give evidence on Tuesday, is expected to be questioned about how much he knew about claims against Fr Tolkien and other clergymen and what he did about the apparent lack of action by senior clergy within the Archdiocese.<br />
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Speaking about Fr Tolkien in October 2003, Cardinal Nichols said: “With hindsight he should have been stopped sooner.”<br />
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The hearing will also investigate the cases of Fr Samuel Penney and Fr James Robinson, both of whom were convicted and jailed.<br />
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Penney, 75, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years in 1993 after he admitted indecently assaulting seven children, while Robinson was jailed for 21 years in 2010 for the sexual abuse of six young boys which began in the Fifties.<br />
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Bernard Longley, the current archbishop of Birmingham, will give evidence on Friday.<br />
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Christopher Jacobs, of Howe & Co., who along with Slater and Gordon, represents some of the complainants, told a preliminary hearing in September that the Archdiocese was selected due to “the disparate nature of the Catholic Church and its lack of structure, line management or ability to oversee child protection within its ranks”.<br />
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I have always said that the hierarchy will never take the abuse seriously until we bishops in handcuffs being escorted into prisons having been convicted by a court for covering up abuse.</div>
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<b>SOME IN GAY COMMUNITY THINK GAYS CAN DO NO WRONG.</b><br />
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<b>There are some people in the gay community who think gays can do no wrong and should never be criticised!</b><br />
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<b>And if anyone dares criticse anyone or anything gay they throw a massive wobble.</b><br />
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<b>It happens all the time on this blog.</b><br />
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<b>On Thursdays blog about the new Armagh Grindr priest the gay warriorettes were out in force, sending in vicious comments and threatening me with the gay equivalent of hellfire and brimstone.</b><br />
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<b>Of course gay people have suffered massive discrimination over the ages - and are still suffering in many countries. We must support and uphold them in any way we can.</b><br />
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<b>Gay people must have total and absolute rights equality.</b><br />
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<b>But like all people their rights come with the equivalent responsibilities. </b><br />
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<b>And, others, under freedom of expression, have the right to criticise gays when they think they fail.</b><br />
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<b>There are good gay people and bad gay people.</b><br />
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<b>There are gay saints and gay scoundrels.</b><br />
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<b>And I'm not sure it is authentic to regard all gays as members of the "Gay community".</b><br />
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<b>Personally, I not like being defined on the basis of my sexual orientation alone.</b><br />
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<b>I am Pat. I happen to be Irish. I happen to be a Christian. I happen to favour the political left. I happen to be a priest. And I happen to be gay.</b><br />
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<b>But primarily I happen to Pat. And Pat is a composite, not just one single, simple facet of myself.</b><br />
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<b>I don't like one issue political party or politician. </b><br />
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<b>Not all gay people regard themselves as members of the "Gay community". I don't.</b><br />
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<b>Of course there is nothing wrong with being part of, or supporting a group, that promotes the rights of a particular group. </b><br />
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<b>But we are all individuals and cannot surrender our whole selves to some interest group.</b><br />
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<b>So messages telling me that I will be excommunicated by some notional gay community are nonsense.</b><br />
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<b>I've been excommunicated by bigger</b><br />
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<b><br /></b> <b>THE BLOG HAS LEARNED THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO, AND POSSIBLY THREE, YOUNG IRISH MEN PROVIDING RENT BOY SERVICES FOR SENIOR IRISH CLERGY AT HOME AND ABROAD.</b></div>
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<b>In one case the young man in question is residing in a church-owned property and provides regular rent boy services for senior Irish clerics.</b></div>
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<b>This young man also travels, at least monthly, to other European locations to provide his services for clerics living there.</b></div>
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<b>On these European visits, the young man is put up in a high-class hotel where he receives his clerical callers who are very generous financially to him.</b><b><br /></b></div>
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<b>Obviously, his airfare and all his other expenses are paid for by the clerics.</b></div>
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<b>He is occasionally introduced to new clients by his older ones. </b></div>
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<b>These visits also involve fine dining, large alcohol consumption and so-called "poppers".</b></div>
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<b>The young man arrives with all the necessary "equipment" to facilitate the "strange goings on".</b></div>
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<b>He has had bishops among his clients but our source was not able to tell us if any of his current clients are bishops.</b><br />
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<b>The other young man conducts most of his activities in Ireland and travels around the country to meet his clients.</b></div>
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<b><br /></b> <b>The Blog has been given the names and details of these two young men.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>We have also been given the names of some of their clients - one a senior cleric residing in a European city who has monthly visits.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>This senior cleric is also in a relationship with a priest of that country who is + years his junior.</b><br />
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<b>A new study from the Ruth Institute has demonstrated a high correlation between the proportion of homosexuals in the Catholic priesthood and the incidence of sexual abuse by the clergy.</b><br />
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<b>The study conducted by Father Paul Sullins, a Catholic University sociologist, found that the percentage of homosexual men in the priesthood has risen sharply. The study also found a disturbing increase in the number of sexual-misconduct reports lodged against priests since 2010, “amidst signs of complacency by Church leaders.” The incidence of new charges (as opposed to charges involving alleged misconduct in past years) is now nearly as high as in the 1970s.</b></div>
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<b>The rise in the proportion of homosexual priests has been striking, the Ruth Institute study found. In the 1950s, the homosexual presence within the American Catholic priesthood was estimated to be roughly twice that of the overall population; by the 1980s, it was eight times the level of the overall population. To buttress this estimate, the study notes that the number of young priests who reported encountering a homosexual subculture in the seminary doubled between the 1960s and 1980s.</b></div>
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<b>Father Sullins estimates that if the proportion of homosexual priests had remained that the level of the 1950s, the surge in abuse might not have occurred and “at least 12,000 fewer children, mostly boys, would have suffered abuse.” In an interview with the <em>National Catholic Register</em>, the priest-sociologist acknowledged that his report will be criticized as hostile to homosexuals. But he said: “I would say that if it’s a choice between being called homophobic and allowing more young boys to be abused, I would choose to be at risk for being called homophobic.”</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">This is a VERY uncomfortable read, especially for gay men and priests.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Is this report based on genuine academic research - or is it the product of a right-wing institute that is homophobic?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Surely we have always held that there is NO CONNECTION between homosexuality and pedophilia.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">We have also believed, have we not, that a pedophile is a man or a woman who is attracted to underage children of whatever sex?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">In my opinion, Father Sullins is a right-wing Catholic homophobe who tries to hide his homophobia behind his suspect sociology </span></b></div>
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The priest has been accused of meeting men in the car park of the Lidl store in Dundalk in County Louth which is besides a wooded area known as St. Helenas Park.<br />
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<b>He lives in the Xxxxxxx area. He likes to arrange a meeting with mature men and always suggests the car park of Lidl at St. Helena's Park in the town. I know he physically turns up at Lidl but in disguise. I know this as I've changed my profile on Grindr to find out who this time waster is.</b><br />
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<b><br /></b> <b>He comes across as being very understanding and " do keep in touch" attitude, nice and understanding. Except he's far from it.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Ordinarily, I don't out people but his guy is such a time waster and con artist. The "genuine" sort, except he's far from it".</b><br />
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<b>I informed Eamon Martin of the matter yesterday morning at 9am:</b></div>
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<b>I have had another report of one of your fairly senior priests been active on the gay sex application GRINDR.</b></div>
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<b>He is Father Xxx xxx Xxxxx.</b></div>
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<b>He allegedly meets men in the car Park of the Lidl store at St. Helena's Park.</b></div>
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<b>He looks for mature men.</b></div>
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<b>I enclose a picture of his GRINDR profile.</b></div>
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<b>Are you aware that there is a widespread network of actively gay priests and seminarians in Armagh?</b></div>
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<b>Are you doing anything about it?</b></div>
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<b>With all due respect, giving big speeches at synods is fine - but what of all the shenanigans in the diocese?</b></div>
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<b>Please let me know you are acting on this gay network.</b></div>
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<b>I gave the priest a call yesterday in his presbytery to put the accusation to him and when I found he was not at home left a message.</b></div>
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<b>Later yesterday I had an email from the priest:</b></div>
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I have received your voice message of this morning and I have spoken to my Archbishop.</div>
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This matter is causing me great distress and I completely deny these malicious and defamatory accusations.</div>
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<b>A couple of weeks ago in Rome, Eamon Martin stood up at the synod and told his fellow bishops from around the world that they should not be afraid to stand up for traditional Catholic teaching in public.</b></div>
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<b>Is Eamon standing up for that teaching in his own diocese and among his own priests?</b></div>
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<b>We have had a succession of Armagh priests on Grindr and showing their genitalia on the internet.</b></div>
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<b>And what has Eamon done - apart from sending them for "treatment" for a few months in the US?</b></div>
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<b>I have also made him aware of the seminarian/priest gay network in Armagh.</b></div>
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<b>Again I can see no signs of anything being done!</b></div>
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<b>Is Amy ALL CACKLE AND NO EGG?</b></div>
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com116tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-2727853526676375222018-11-07T00:06:00.000+00:002018-11-07T12:57:41.553+00:00ORATORY PRIEST'S WIFE WINS PHOTO AWARD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span id="goog_1474334764"></span><span id="goog_1474334765"></span>AN AMAZING PICTURE OF A WINDSWEPT WOMAN FROM WINDSWEPT FANAD HEAD IN DONEGAL.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>PICTURE TAKEN RECENTLY AND ENTERED IN A PRESTIGIOUS PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW</b><b> IN LONDON.</b><br />
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<b><br /></b> <b><br /></b> <b>ARTIST: LIZ PATTERSON</b><br />
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<b>HERE, IS A RECENT AWARD WINNING ICON PICTURE OF A WINDSWEPT DONEGAL WOMAN - WHO JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE WIFE OF ONE OF OUR ORATORY SOCIETY PRIESTS - FATHER TED FLANAGAN.</b><br />
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<b>Fr. Red Flanagan was ordained for the Diocese of Clogher in 1960 and was a fellow student and close friend of the retired Bishop of Clogher Joe Duffy.</b></div>
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<b>His first parish assignment was Cooneen in Co. Fermanagh and Kate was his young housekeeper.</b></div>
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<b>Within no time at all Ted and Kate left and fled to England where they set up home together as man and wife. </b></div>
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<b>It was a big scandal at the time and hit all the Irish national newspapers. </b></div>
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<b>Ted went into teaching and was also an accomplished musician and singer. For years he was a parish organist.</b></div>
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<b>Kate brought up their 5 children and when she had them grown up she went to university, studied law and became a solicitor.</b></div>
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<b>Several of their children are current high ranking lawyers in the North East of England. They have one son who is an environmentalist in South America.</b></div>
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<b>A number of years ago they left their North England home and returned to Ballywhorskie at Fanad Head in Donegal where Kate was from.</b></div>
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<b>Ted himself was from the south of Donegal.</b></div>
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<b>Many of Ted's family never forgave him for leaving the priesthood and bring "shame" on the family. His mother turned his photograph to facing the wall and never looked at it again.</b></div>
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<b>The family gathered up Ted's vestments and belongings and burned them in the back garden!</b></div>
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<b>You can imagine the Catholicism of rural Ireland in 1960 - nearly 60 years ago.</b></div>
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<b>Strangely enough, Ted and Kate never heard anything from the diocese of Clogher then or since about their situation. Ted never had any word of sanctions against him.</b></div>
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<b>In fact, Bishop Joe Duffy entertained Ted and Kate at Bishop's House in Monaghan on their holidays to Ireland and told them: "If I hear of you being home and not calling to see me I will be offended".</b><br />
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<b>Ted and Kate got in touch with me 20 years ago as Ted wanted to engage in an active ministry when he retired as a teacher.</b></div>
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<b>I was happy to make him a priest of The Oratory Society and to this day he is available for weddings etc.</b></div>
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<b>Ted is now in his mid-80s, has a very good relationship with his local PP and he and Kate also worship with the Presbyterians in Donegal. In fact, he recently sang at a celebration of the anniversary of the Presbyterian church in that area.</b></div>
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<b>Kate and Ted both have been lifelong members of the British Labour Party and had no time for New Labour.</b></div>
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<b>Kate went into town one morning recently for her breakfast and the well known London photographer spotted her and interrupted her breakfast for the shot.</b></div>
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<b>I was gobsmacked when I saw the photograph yesterday.</b></div>
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<b>For me, it shows Kate's great strength (which she has) having been weathered by the winds and raging seas of life.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So, a while back I chanced to hear a guest speaking on a secular radio show. During the interview, the guest begins to discuss his history. He had gotten an MBA. At some point, he went into the seminary. He began to talk about encountering a homosexual subculture in that seminary. He mentions that it was the pontifical seminary. The only one in the United States, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I knew he was talking about the Josephinum in Columbus Ohio. Recall that, during the Cardinal Law reports in 2002, it was reported that the Josephinum had allegations of homosexual scandals going all the way back into the 60s. (<b>Ex-Classmates Contradict Cardinal Law’s Deposition, </b>Boston Herald, August 21, 2002 <a href="http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/2002_08_21_Washington_ExClassmates_David_Heimann_1.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #710404;">available at BishopAccountability</span></a>). I’ve reported on news allegations of Bernadin and Pilarczyk at that seminary before, when <a href="https://bellarmineforum.org/2014/08/25/the-forensics-of-an-amchurch-hit-on-a-good-parish-our-savior-nyc-fits/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #710404;">commenting on how AmChurch attacks a good parish</span></a>. I had also heard horror stories from conversations among concerned Catholics in Cincinnati when I was younger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">He went on to talk about how he recognized Soviet-style KGB bullying in the way psychologists were used. He spoke of his naivety when he entered the seminary, but how he was surprised when another guy that worked in the library with him began to open up to him about homosexuality, and a homosexual agenda. The next day, the guy would not speak to him — and he said it was because the guy found out he was not “one of them.” From that point on, Tony began to see patterns and groups of people in the seminary. His past business experiences helped him to see organized activity among the homosexuals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">He took notes, he recorded conversations. Eventually, he left, but only after he had been confronted by the psychologist, the Vice Rector, and several encounters with the Rector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I was hooked. I thought, “When was he there?” Was this when Cupich was there or Pilarczyk’s tentacles? Turns out 1995 to 1996. Bingo. That’s at the end of Cupich’s tenure as Rector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tony scrubbed all names from the book. He has pictures of letters he sent and those he received from various Clergy and Curia. Those are redacted, but you can piece together who, what and where with some work. I don’t blame him for redacting it all, though. <b><i>He was threatened by the rector with full legal action if he would ever talk about his experience in the seminary.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This will be fascinating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I got the book. <a href="https://amzn.to/2xGkQLw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #710404;">God Fearing Souls by Tony Ghepardo</span></a> (using this link generates a small commission for the Bellarmine Forum).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I want to make something clear. Tony admits that he put together a number of relevant life experiences, but they are kind of a hodge podge. It works, though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The book is written in a style that can be a little jolting at times — the author speaks of himself in the third person, and there’s a narrative style that isn’t quite fiction, nor is it quite investigative report. In many cases, his conclusions or thoughts are mixed into the middle of a factual account. Tony makes it clear what is what, but this writing style, in some parts of the book is closer to reading a police report with notes. In other places, it reads like a novel. Overall, once I adjusted to this, the book is quick to read. Here and there, Tony mixes in some scripture quotes as a contrast to what he was being told by people in the seminary. It works.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What you get as a reader is a bird’s eye view into the seminary experience. You get to see the seminary that was run by Cupich. You get recorded conversations of Cupich with Tony. If you like crime stories, detective shows, and, like me, some morbid fascination with the forensics of human catastrophes, then there is plenty in this book. You’ll really enjoy it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you don’t share my morbid fascination with train wrecks, this book is still worth reading because you see the human side of how guys that want to become a priest are treated. Reading conversations between the psychologist and Tony make you realize that once Tony was identified by the homosexual crowd as a problem, the Vice Rector begins to use the machinery to ruin him and pressure him into mistakes. Of course, that’s a conclusion based on my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You get Tony’s research into the Communist-funded homosexual infiltration into the Church. The same homosexual subculture many bishops and even the Pope are refusing to admit exists. It’s there. We know it’s there. This book is a police report of an accident scene in Columbus Ohio at the Josephinum. Get it, I recommend it highly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tony’s experiences and the conversations and evidence he reports in the book will let you make your own mind up about the activities in our seminaries and how this catastrophe works. You’ll enjoy this view into Cupich, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">From the time when the Vice Rector first confronts Tony, and then puts him into psychological evaluation, Tony decides that he must document what he’s experiencing. Ultimately, Tony decides that he must make it to be confronted by the Rector (Cupich) about his allegations of homosexual activity. Tony estimated that the Vice Rector was the smart one and the Rector was not as smart. The build up and his encounters with the seminarians, including their statements of why they think homosexuality is superior will surprise you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">He tells Tony that he will expel those 39 seminarians if he investigates them and finds them to be homosexual. Everyone believes it, but he tells Tony that the only way he’ll do that is to bring all 39 in to his office, and their parents. He keeps working on Tony’s resolve to survive the investigation of the others. Eventually, he forces Tony to write a retraction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Even down to how he was told to leave, the book will make you realize how the subculture works. You’ll understand better these news stories we are seeing today. Just be sure you want to see the train wreck!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It seems to me that he always was?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I don't know what his motives were for entering a seminary. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">But I get the feeling that it was not too long until he copped on that he had something going for him that would lead to his rise of the ladder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anyway he did climb the ladder doing whatever he was best at. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How many did he walk over on the way up? How many deals was he part of?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My father used to say: "The higher a monkey claims the more you see of his ass".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Congratulations to Bill Mulhiville for tacking Cupich in a Dublin hotel and telling him what he thought of him.</span><br />
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-75680817547263600932018-11-05T00:29:00.000+00:002018-11-05T00:29:06.539+00:00DEATH OF ARCHMANDRITE - FATHER - ROBERT TAFT SJ EXPERT ON EASTERN FAITH<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Robert Francis Taft, S.J.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> (January 9, 1932 – November 2, 2018) was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_people" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="American people"><span style="color: #0b0080;">American</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Society of Jesus"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Jesuit</span></a> priest and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimandrite" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Archimandrite"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Archimandrite</span></a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church</span></a>, one of the 23 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Church" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Eastern Catholic Church"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Eastern Catholic Churches</span></a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_communion" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Full communion"><span style="color: #0b0080;">full communion</span></a> with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Holy See"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Holy See</span></a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Rome"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Rome</span></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">An expert in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Oriental liturgy</span></a>, he was a professor at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical_Oriental_Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Pontifical Oriental Institute"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Pontifical Oriental Institute</span></a> from 1975 to 2011 and its Vice-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rector_(academic)" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Rector (academic)"><span style="color: #0b0080;">rector</span></a> from 1995 to 2001.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Taft was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Providence, Rhode Island"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Providence, Rhode Island</span></a>, into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft_family" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Taft family"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Taft family</span></a> notable for their contribution to American politics. Taft entered the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novitiate" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Novitiate"><span style="color: #0b0080;">novitiate</span></a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Society of Jesus"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Society of Jesus</span></a> on August 14, 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-WB_1-0" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Taft#cite_note-WB-1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0b0080;">[1]</span></a></sup> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He did his initial spiritual and academic training in philosophy at the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston_School_of_Theology" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Weston School of Theology"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Weston College</span></a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston,_Massachusetts" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Weston, Massachusetts"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Weston, Massachusetts</span></a>. During his period of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_(Jesuit)" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Regency (Jesuit)"><span style="color: #0b0080;">regency</span></a> that followed, he taught for three years at Baghdad Jesuit College. He returned to the United States in 1959 and pursued a graduate degree in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Russian language"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Russian</span></a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordham_University" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Fordham University"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Fordham University</span></a>. He was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Orders" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Holy Orders"><span style="color: #0b0080;">ordained</span></a> a priest of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Rite_Catholic" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Byzantine Rite Catholic"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Byzantine Rite</span></a> on June 7, 1963.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Developing an interest in Eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Liturgy"><span style="color: #0b0080;">liturgical</span></a> traditions and, with his background in Russian, Taft undertook studies at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical_Oriental_Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Pontifical Oriental Institute"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Pontifical Oriental Institute</span></a> of Rome in 1970. He completed his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctoral_thesis" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Doctoral thesis"><span style="color: #0b0080;">doctoral thesis</span></a> under Jesuit Professor Juan Mateos on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Entrance" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Great Entrance"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Great Entrance</span></a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" style="text-decoration-line: none;" title="Divine Liturgy"><span style="color: #0b0080;">Divine Liturgy</span></a> in 1975. The work was published as <i>The Great Entrance</i> and immediately hailed<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span>as a classic in the field.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b>In my ignorance of matters Eastern and Oriental, I'm afraid I had never heard of Francis Taft or indeed his impressive lifetime's work.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b>He achieved a lot in life and the world is a better place because he lived.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b>He left behind a vast body of knowledge of the Eastern Catholic churches and their relations with the Roman Catholic Church.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b>I think his life and work is a timely reminder to us who care about these things that:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b>1. Catholic is a far greater term than Roman Catholic.</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b>2. For the first 1,000 years of church history, the Catholic church consisted of the Church in the East and the Church in the West.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b>4. Some of the Eastern Churches are "in communion" with Rome - 23 I think?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><b>I think that the Greek Orthodox and others are not?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial black" , sans-serif;"><b>It's an important part of the history of our Christian faith.</b></span><br />
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<b>As a Catholic, from the age of 3 or 4, I have celebrated November as the month for remembering and indeed praying for the dead.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>At the end of October every year we would fill out the Dead List form that had been provided to us by our parish and priests and put the envelopes in a basket in front of the altar before Mass.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>When I was doing it as a young person it was a family envelope and the tradition was that you also had to include money in the envelope as an offering to the priests.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>When I was a curate in St. Peter's Cathedral in Belfast the administrator Father Vincent McKinley called the practice "The November Stakes" because the money was divided among the priests and it was always a very healthy bonus on the clerical income.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>At the time there were no priests' salary and my income at the time was my "keep" and £75 per month.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>The "November Stakes" brought each priest in something like £300.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>But this situation was accepted by people and priests and the extra money helped.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b><br /></b> <b>I still keep to the November Dead List and here at The Oratory all the envelopes contained and contain are the list of the deceased - no money or offerings.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Because I have deceased family members who are still most dear to me I like the opportunity to remember them, especially in November Mass - although they are in my mind most days as I deliberately keep photos of them on the walls in my home.</b><br />
<b><br /></b> <b>My most treasured deceased in my mother JoJo. She lived with me for the 16 years before she died. She was the mother of 17 children and the most loving and caring human being I have ever met.</b><br />
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<b>My little sister Sandra who was disabled and who we were told would die before 12 and who made it to 39</b><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">God our Father, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your power brings us to birth, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your providence guides our lives, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">and by Your command we return to dust.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Lord, those who die still live in Your presence, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">their lives change but do not end. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I pray in </span><a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=5889" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fd1b14; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;">hope</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> for my family, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">relatives and friends, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">and for all the dead known to You alone. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">In company with Christ, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Who died and now lives, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">may they rejoice in Your kingdom, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">where all our tears are wiped away. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Unite us together again in one family, </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">to sing Your praise forever and ever.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; 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<b><br /></b> <b>THE ORATORY - NOVEMBER</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">“Remember, Lord, your servants who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith. Grant to them and to all who sleep in Christ, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "constantia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">a place of light and peace.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Of all the rich, out-of-touch, globalist left-wing institutions, the Catholic Church is the most corrupt and depraved. Its primary sickness is something we’ve all known for years: it’s too gay. As a Catholic who struggles with the occasional homosexual urge, I’ve watched in horror as this pink rot in the clerisy has torn the Bride of Christ apart.</div>
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This year’s ‘summer of shame’ is the result of gay crimes, performed by gay men in service of other gay men, concerning assaults overwhelmingly performed by men on young boys and a debased culture of gay orgies in seminaries.</div>
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There’s a political dimension, obviously. You’ll hear people say that the crisis has tainted Left and Right equally, but it’s not true</div>
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A lot of gays in the Church are doctrinally conservative, favoring traditional worship like the Latin Mass. Perhaps it’s the gold embroidery, or maybe they feel at home looking at the back of another man’s head. But it’s the Left which has presided over the most rapid moral decay, and not those harmless, nostalgic old queens, because it’s the left-wing ‘lavender mafia’ that has tainted the Church with the stench of cover-up.</div>
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The worst offenders have been the Church’s social justice warriors: predominately gay left-wing activist bishops trying to overturn Church teaching on everything from gay marriage to divorce. And the worst offender of all? Pope Francis, who has been a friend to just about any abusive priest, no matter how reprehensible their actions, provided they are sufficiently left-wing—and utterly obedient to him.</div>
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Francis hasn’t just looked the other way, like John Paul II, or, like Benedict XVI, been incapable of standing up to monsters. He has actively promoted people accused of sex crimes, such as Theodore McCarrick, a close ally of Francis accused of molesting boys as young as 11. Francis reinstated McCarrick after Benedict had banned him from public appearances and made him his envoy to China, restoring his access to seminarians.</div>
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In part, that’s because McCarrick was a good fundraiser. He helped to establish a Papal Foundation whose assets have grown to over $200 million. When that foundation, maintained by wealthy Americans, was hit up for an unusually vast grant last year and the board hesitated, Francis vindictively cancelled their annual audience with him. SJWs are nothing if not petty.</div>
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They’re also liars and bullies. One of the pope’s cronies has hinted that anyone who criticises the pope should be treated as though they had physically assaulted him—the punishment for which is excommunication. Conflating words with violence is straight out of the Black Lives Matter playbook.</div>
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On the one hand, it means someone who says something you don’t like deserves to be treated as a violent criminal. Conversely, when you smash a bike lock across their skull, you’ve simply exercised your right to free speech! Brilliant.</div>
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How has the world’s press responded to these outrages? By covering for Francis, of course, because the pope says the right things about climate change and migrants and loves to needle Donald Trump. American reporters practically soiled themselves when Francis, in a painfully transparent stunt, washed the feet of a Muslim migrant and insisted that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. (We don’t.)<br />
You can imagine the panic in newsrooms when a scandal erupts and it looks like all the bad guys are left-wing homos whose Google results show a bunch of speeches about toxic masculinity and racial justice. Whatever can be published to distract attention is hastily cobbled together. </div>
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Take this <i>New York Times</i> headline from August: ‘Francis Takes High Road As Conservatives Pounce, Taking Criticisms Public.’ No mention of Pope Francis being accused ofprotecting someone who had sex with children.</div>
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Journalists have leapt to protect the reputation of a pope perceived as a leftist, and to save the feelings of the gay lobby, which hates it when gays are talked about honestly in public as the promiscuous, low-income, drug-taking, reckless, and unhappy peoplewe (statistically) are.</div>
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In the myth-building period of his papacy, the <i>Washington Post</i> ran headlines like: ‘How Pope Francis Can Cleanse The Far-Right Rot From The Catholic Church.’ Ha! That aged well. Now he’s on the ropes. Even far-left <i>Der Spiegel</i>ran a bold cover last month with the headline THOU SHALT NOT LIE, next to a photo of Francis. Eventually, once enough children have been molested, even journalists are forced to tell the truth.</div>
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One of the pope’s only responses to the crisis has been to invite Bono for tea, so the singer could tell journalists how ‘aghast’ the pope was at the allegations against him. That’s an interesting choice of words, until you realise Francis is a bog-standard social justice warrior who always doubles down on his mistakes and who presents his victims as the true aggressors. Bono, by the way, once dedicated a song to his ‘old friend’ McCarrick during a gig. That song include the words: ‘I have spoke with the tongue of angels/I have held the hand of a devil/It was warm in the night/I was cold as a stone/But I still haven’t found/What I’m looking for.’ Whoops! Awkward.</div>
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Scrubbing the effeminate, dishonest, disreputable and malevolent from the Church hierarchy will make way for a rehabilitation of healthy manhood and a strong Catholicism that returns to its roots. Ordinary churchgoers hate all the hippy-dippy crap. They come to worship Almighty God.</div>
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Unfortunately, Team Francis still hasn’t got the message. So the best thing for us to do is stop funding Catholic organisations that don’t do good Catholic work. At least one bishop-endorsed, laity-funded group in the US has donated to Planned Parenthood. How did that even happen?<br />
Stop giving these people your money. And stop attending churches overseen by bishops who cover up for abusers. If Team Francis won’t listen to their consciences, perhaps their minds will be focused by bailiffs at the door instead. It’s the only thing these Marxist thugs in birettas understand.</div>
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Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-72163565119915178132018-11-01T22:59:00.000+00:002018-11-01T22:59:18.106+00:00MONK DID NOT RESPOND TO GRANDMOTHER'S DEATHBED REQUEST!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><b>Trappist Fr. Thomas Keating, a global figure in both interreligious dialogue and Christian contemplative prayer, has died at the age of 95.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><b>Keating died Oct. 25 <a href="https://www.spencerabbey.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #046db1;">at St. Joseph's Abbey</span></a> in Spencer, Massachusetts, where he had been abbot from 1961 to 1981, and where he began his role as one of the chief architects of what is now known as centering prayer.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><b>Internationally acclaimed for his extensive writing, lecturing and teaching on the contemporary practice of meditative prayer and on interfaith discourse, Keating had been transferred to the Spencer monastery infirmary on March 26 from <a href="http://www.snowmass.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #046db1;">St. Benedict's Monastery</span></a> in Snowmass, Colorado, for enhanced medical support, St. Benedict's officials told NCR.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.0pt;"><b>In a 2014 documentary, "<a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/gentle-documentary-delves-life-keating" target="_blank"><span style="color: #046db1;">Thomas Keating: A Rising Tide of Silence</span></a>," Keating recalled: "At 5, I had a serious illness. I heard adults in the next room wondering whether I'd live. I took this very seriously, and at my first Mass bargained with God: 'If you'll let me live to 21, I'll become a priest.' After that, I'd skip out early in the morning before school and go to Mass. I knew my parents wouldn't approve, so I never told them."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b>It is obvious to me that Father Thomas Keating was a holy and prayerful Catholic monk who leaves much good behind him as he goes to God.</b></div>
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<b>However, that sentence above about his grandmother calling him to her deathbed and his refusal to go leaves me stunned!</b></div>
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<b>It also reminds me of the story a Ursuline nun from their Waterford convent told me.</b></div>
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<b>Father Keating did a wonderful thing spreading the habit of Centering Prayer.</b></div>
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<b>But Jesus himself was the example par excellence of caring for the sick and the dying.</b></div>
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<b>How can any monk or nun, or anyone, think that one can have an authentic prayer life and at the same time no go, or prevent someone from going to a deathbed at the request of the dying?</b></div>
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