Posted on 08/19/2018 6:53:17 AM PDT by sitetest
There must be no room left, no refuge for sin — either within our own lives, or within the lives of our communities. To be a refuge for sinners (which we should be), the Church must be a place where sinners can turn to be reconciled. In this I speak of all sin. But to be clear, in the specific situations at hand, we are talking about deviant sexual — almost exclusively homosexual — acts by clerics. We’re also talking about homosexual propositions and abuses against seminarians and young priests by powerful priests, bishops, and cardinals. We are talking about acts and actions which are not only in violation of the sacred promises made by some, in short, sacrilege, but also are in violation of the natural moral law for all. To call it anything else would be deceitful and would only ignore the problem further.
This!
+Morlino and +Cordileone address the actual issue.
Well I think every state in the US needs to follow PA’s lead and let the chips fall. Expose every Bishop who was complicit and have them resign, and if criminal statutes apply so be it as well. As Christ said nothing done in secret will remain and eventually it will be brought to light (cf Luke 8:17). In my view, the McCarrick case is not in isolation. There are many other Bishops who started out as Seminary rectors and promoted a homosexual subculture. Accusations similar to what happened with McCarrick were made recently at St. Charles Borremo in Philadelphia. From what I read, a full blown investigation is being launched. Rose’s book Goodbye Good Men was dead on. Seminarians who are involved with Gay Seminary rectors get ordained at 23/24 (back in the day) and abuse underage boys as 81% of the cases documented back in the John Jay study were same sex. The PA AG report documents similar statistics.
Clean it all up, my faith the Catholic faith is strong (what the Church teaches, Trinity, Christ Divine and human nature, Creeds, Sacraments, etc.). My faith in the U.S. Catholic hierarchy, save a few exceptions, to across the board clean this up, None, absolutely ZERO.
I absolutely agree, get rid of the sodomites.
That’s not good enough. Every man inclined to homosexuality who accepted ordination has to be laicized.
But who knew it is the Catholic clergy leading the way to social and spiritual destruction?
Amen and SECOND it.
This whole problem goes all the way up to Pope Francis.
Do you think that other state AGS will take the lead from PA?
Yes. If something works for one politician, all the others will follow.
At least Cardinal Cody was merely looting Church monies to keep his girlfriend happy.
I don’t trust Cupich any further than I could throw him. And I couldn’t even throw him an inch. LOL! But Cupich is not a funny matter; he is made up of sinful matter, in my opinion
Cupich in letter to LGBT community: 'I stand with you.'
Catholics tell Cdl. Cupich: Clerical sex abuse ‘has everything to do with homosexuality’
Cardinal Cupich Allows Communion for Active Homosexuals
After cancellations over LGBT book, Cupich invites priest to Chicago
Archbishop Cupich: Conscience Decides Who Can Receive Communion
There’s a Priest from Chicago who is in San Antonio, Tx. That Priest, Fr Marco Mercado is under the protection of Archbishop Gustavo Garcia Siller. Siller was an Auxiliary Bishop in Chicago prior to becoming San Antonio’s Archbishop. He knows Mercado.
Archbishop Siller defends his giving this Priest protection, and assures the public he has no contact with children. The Archdiocese, except for a vague “hospital ministry” refuses to even acknowledge his presence.
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