Posted on 08/04/2018 6:47:21 AM PDT by ebb tide
Within 24 hours of the exposé published by laicized priest and former seminarian of the Lincoln Diocese Peter Mitchell, the diocese admitted that its late longtime vocations director. Msgr. Leonard Kalin, had been reported for “conduct contrary to prudence and moral law” – allegations the diocese claims it addressed “during his time in priestly ministry.”
In a further vindication of Mitchell’s story – viewed as highly controversial in its focus on arguably one of the most touted conservative dioceses in the country with an unusually high number of vocations – another man formerly involved with Msgr. Kalin at the Newman Center of the University of Nebraska posted a comment in a public Facebook thread about Kalin had “tormented” him and another “fellow-seminarian (now-priest).” Questioned on the specifics, he said that the Msgr. had “repeatedly” asked “to touch and be touched in inappropriate places,” had asked for “French kisses,” and had done these actions “without being given permission.” A screenshot of that thread was posted here and on Rod Dreher’s blog at The American Conservative, prompting the Facebook poster, Wan Wei Hsien, to write a follow-up open letter to Bishop Conley of Lincoln. Wan seems somewhat taken aback at his comments being published, but as Dreher notes (and I fully agree):
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Sadly, the first case that I read about in Lincoln came during the episcopacy of Bishop Bruskewitz. The victim actually wrote a direct letter to the bishop, to no avail.
The bishop did nothing to this demon kalin, and retired in 2012, some years after the monster’s death.
I had always believed Bishop Bruskewitz was one of the good guys.
It would be foolish to think that “conservative” priests, orders, and dioceses are immune from this scandal. The devil has as made sure his minions are placed throughout the church. I just joined a parish run by the FSSP and you can be sure I’ve got my radar powered up. Not because I’ve witnessed anything wrong or suspicious (I haven’t), but because the time for trust is over. It is time for verify.
I worked with a guy who was going to be a priest.
When he got to the seminary he said he had to leave. As 99 percent of the students there were openly homosexual.
he has now been married around 20 years with 4 children
‘The devil has as made sure his minions are placed throughout the church.’
the churches sure have had a devil of a time with this bugger Scratch, haven’t they...? yet we’ve always been told that Scratch is no more than a piece of fluff compared to the Most High; then yet again we keep hearing about the vileness and perversity of these loons in His pastorate...
so who’s really running things in the metaphysical world...hmmm?
It’s time to finally put on long pants. There are no good guys and bad guys.
There are certainly bad guys. There’s no evidence of any good guys, though.
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