Catholic Bishop Lynch: Confusing The Bank Account For Loaves And Fishes

The Tampa Tribune ^ | May 24, 2002 | Daniel Ruth

[sinkspur]

The story must be the same in most of the U.S. When the Bishops meet in June, they will be apoplectic. We're going to see some very arrogant behavior in June.

These men have never answered to ANYBODY!

Once a priest is ordained, he can do just about anything and not be fired. I worked for IBM, a company that never fired anybody for the first fifteen years I worked for them, but even they saw the stupidity of that policy eventually.

Accountability is something no Catholic cleric really has to worry about. That goes in spades for bishops. These guys control all the money, legally, in a diocese, and can do whatever the hell they want.

They do NOT have to listen to you, or any other Catholic layman; they never have and they never will!

The only way you can express your outrage with a situation like this, is to withhold your donations. Instead of a check, put a note in the envelope telling the pastor how much you're putting in escrow, and it will be released to the parish when the bishop is gone or he agrees to some oversight. Until then, no matter how much it hurts your parish, nada!

And, once ever six months or so, I'd send an e-mail to the chancery, letting fat boy himself know how much this one Catholic layman is holding back.

You've got no choice. This arrogant SOB is not going to change or agree to be accountable to the people who pay for his expensive trips with his boy toys.

Don't let anybody tell you you're sinning, either. You're not. In fact, you're sinning if you keep enabling a decadent hierarch like Lynch.