How Bishop Anthony Pilla Conned Pope John Paul the Great

http://theclevelandcatacombs.blogspot.com/ ^ | May 5, 2005 | Brother Solanus

[Akron Al]

ping...let's hope Pope Benedict XVI will not be deceived.

[Fast Ed97]

Is Bishop Pilla and the Cincinnati Bernardin Bishop going to retire soon- they must be.

[Akron Al]

Is Bishop Pilla and the Cincinnati Bernardin Bishop going to retire soon- they must be.

I think Pilla has 1 1/2 years. Perhaps someone can give us the exact date he turns 75.

[Akron Al]

If you go here you will see Father Smiga speaking at a Futurechurch event in 2004 - - after Pilla's phony condemnation of Futurechurch.


http://www.futurechurch.org/newsletter/fall04/

Smiga teaches at St. Mary's Semianry in the Diocese of Cleveland:

http://www.stmarysem.edu/adjunct_faculty.htm

[vox_freedom]

bump

[Aristotle721]

I think Pilla has 1 1/2 years. Perhaps someone can give us the exact date he turns 75.

Bishop Pilla: Nov 12, 2007
Archbishop Pilarczyk: Aug. 12, 2009

[Phx_RC]

Bp Pilla: born Nov 12, 1932. He is almost 72.5 years old and has 2.52 years to go till 75.

Abp Pilarczyk: born Aug 12, 1934. He is getting close to 71 years old and has 4.27 years to go till 75.

What is being done by the laity in Cleveland to get rid of Pilla?

Will upcoming seminary visitations uncover any of this?

[AAABEST]

The way we yearn for the day some of these bishops retire (to the point of actually counting the days), makes me wonder if we shouldn't impliment time activated exploding bishops into canon law.

Have it so that the very moment they turn 75... KABOOM. This way we wouldn't have to suffer them one minute longer than we are absolutely forced to.

I believe it was Pilarczyk who was tossing around the sadistic idea of not submitting his resignation letter.

[Akron Al]

ping for later

Gotta run

[wideawake]

I believe it was Pilarczyk who was tossing around the sadistic idea of not submitting his resignation letter.

Schismatic act. Equivalent to denying papal authority over his see.

[marshmallow]

I believe it was Pilarczyk who was tossing around the sadistic idea of not submitting his resignation letter.

That would be the rainbow colored Thomas Gumbleton, the equally if not more repulsive, Bishop of Detroit.

[marshmallow]

Activist US Bishop May Refuse Retirement

[AAABEST]

Ah that's right. Thank you.

What a merciless thing to do to his diocese. Maybe someone can talk him into starting a line of those designer rainbow stoles he likes to wear as an alternative to going setting this ill-conceived precedent.

[ninenot]

I'm SHOCKED!/sarcasm.

A Bishop---LYING???

More paving materials for the roadway...

[dangus]

Thomas Gumbleton is not the Bishop of Detroit. He was named an auxiliary Bishop way back in 1968 at only 38 years old. He was never given his own diocese.

[marshmallow]

Yeah, you're right.

He's not the Bishop. Just a Bishop.

[Diago]

Thanks Al. Nice summary.

As you will recall, as Bishop Pilla's visit to Rome approached, there was a very concerted effort to bring attention to the scandals in the Diocese of Cleveland.

Clearly, the bishop realized he would be asked about Futurechurch and attempted to do some damage control with this statement.

Once he got back from Rome, it immediately became a dead letter.

But as noted above, everyone on every side of the issue was suprised and stunned when this "new edict" was issued. For the diocese to claim that they had been telling people the same thing "for the past several years" is ridiculous.

As the Plain Dealer noted in April of 2004:

"The group had operated unrestricted in the Cleveland diocese for more than a decade. But the truce ended unexpectedly April 1 after Pilla issued an edict to all pastors."

Obviously, the truce began again once Pilla returned from Rome. And today it is business as usual for Futurechurch in the Diocese of Cleveland.

[Askel5]

Thanks very much for the heads-up, Al.

(Off topic somewhat: interesting blog on the Neo-Catechumenical cultists ... http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2005/01/the_way.html)

[Romulus]

At the parish council meeting Tuesday night, Fr. Pissant (as I now call him) gave us the Save-A-Soul Mission hard sell. Yes, I felt like I'd been set up. There were other less than satisfactory developments as well. I am working on a letter.