Posted on 08/24/2023 10:53:33 AM PDT by ebb tide
Father Kirkham was at first unable to retrieve his belongings from the rectory where he was living because Bishop Olson ordered the locks changed while Father Kirkham was out of state, the Dallas Morning News reported. A judge in June 2019 allowed Father Kirkham to reenter the rectory to retrieve his belongings.
Father Kirkham did not respond to CNA’s attempts to contact him for comment.
A number of Texas Catholics, in the form of an online group called FRK Advocates, have formed a website raising questions about Bishop Olson’s judgement in disciplining Father Kirkham, and blaming Bishop Olson for the resignations of two other diocesan priests and the closure of a mission church.
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FRK Advocates sent a petition to the Vatican during Nov. 2019, signed by about 1,500 parishioners from 20 parishes in the Fort Worth diocese, asking Pope Francis to remove Bishop Olson. The petition detailed alleged verbal abuse to several diocesan priests in the Fort Worth Diocese and alleged verbal abuse and demeaning conduct towards parishioners.
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Bergoglio only cashiers conservatives. Olson is a lib, right?
If you go about trying to destroy the church, you need like minded goons in all the right places....
The only thing that astounds me is that any faithful Catholic would think Bergoglio would help them.
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