[robowombat]

Tireless marprelate Geo Archibald sniffs out another clerical scandel.

[Andyman]

Parishioners at Virginia churches where Father Haley has served since 1987 expressed shock and concern over his suspension. "He's very holy, and that's his problem," said Marie K. Shaughnessy of McLean, a parishioner at St. John's Catholic Church, where Father Haley was assistant pastor from 1995 to 1997. "He doesn't budge from the straight and narrow. He doesn't accommodate."

Sounds like my kind of Priest.

[Seruzawa]

It appears that for the good of the Church the entire executive structure that is involved in coverups must go. The Catholics can no longer afford even an appearance of impropriety. It gives to much justification to the Secular Humanists and Atheist for their sick anti-religious propaganda. Every administrator who has been involved in cover-ups should be purged. That would go a long way into returning confidence. Actions like this suspension only reveal that there is far more dirt being covered up.

[Notwithstanding]

Outrage ping

Can anyone vouch for this priest?

1. The preist asked the bishop to address grave scandals.
2. The bishop did nothing.
3. The priest refused to live with a sado-masochist sex-addict priest - and told the bishop in vivid color.
4. The priest was told to shut the eff up.
5. The people quoted in the paper say he is a holy priest and won't accept any nonsense.
6. According to a self-professed gay priest, the bishop's right hand man is rumored to be part of a gay network in the diocese.

What is going on?
Who is the villain?
This whistle blower priest or the bishop?

[Siobhan]

A grave concern ping. If this is true, it is an enormous outrage.

[txzman]

As an ex-Catholic, all I can say is that until the lay people are able to take control of THEIR churches and as a body manage their affairs, this secret crap will go on and on and on.

I for one will never go back - after finally reading the Bible for myself, there is waaaay too much I cannot accept - not the least of which is this drama unfolding.

[Cicero]

I don't know anything about Bishop Loverde. I do know that the diocese of Arlington enjoyed a sterling reputation for orthodoxy under its previous bishop. It was famous for its high number of priestly vocations, and famous for its orthodoxy. Therefore I would guess that Bishop Loverde is probably one of the good guys, unless I hear convincing information to the contrary.

Does anyone have first-hand knowledge about this dispute? Keep in mind that many of these secular news sources cannot be trusted to tell the true story--nor indeed can many so-called Catholic sources. The Washington Times is generally conservative and trustworthy concerning things that it knows about, but I seriously doubt that it understands the internal workings of the Catholic Church.

[Zviadist]

See this?

[redhead]

bumping for later read...

[Zviadist]

More from the lovely diocese of Arlington:

Priest Refuses Communion to Kneeling Pro-Life Politician Calls Pro-Life Delegate a "Conservative Idiot"

ARLINGTON, VA, October 10, 2002 (LSN of Canada) - Honorable Richard Black, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and a heroic defender of life and family in the state legislature, was refused Holy Communion at Arlington's St. Thomas More Cathedral. On September 22, the Cathedral Rector, Fr. Dominic Irace, refused to give Communion to Delegate Black since Black was kneeling to receive. Fr. Irace told him he must stand to receive, but Black chose to rather to genuflect and withdraw.

In a letter of concern to Arlington Bishop Paul Loverde, Catholic pro-life activist Dr. Joseph Strada, wrote: "This affront to Delegate Black, and his family, is doubly shameful because Delegate Black is, without question, the most courageous defender of the innocent unborn on the floor of the House of Delegates in Richmond. One has to wonder if Fr. Irace would have been so bold as to refuse Holy Communion to Senator Ted Kennedy or other militantly pro-abortion 'Catholic' politicians who regularly attend Mass in Arlington churches."

After Mass, and in the presence of Black's wife and daughter as well as other faithful, Fr. Irace shouted insults to Delegate Black as he exited the Cathedral. When Delegate Black tried to avoid Fr. Irace, pointing out that he had refused him Holy Communion, Fr. Irace shouted "you liar!" several times. As Delegate Black left the Cathedral, Fr. Irace loudly called him a "conservative idiot."

In an interview with LifeSite, Delegate Black said that while he has been under tense situations in combat for his country and in the war-like political realm, he was concerned for other faithful Catholics who may be intimidated by Fr. Irace.