Posted on 08/27/2018 9:15:45 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
PHOENIX, Arizona - Officials with the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix say retired Bishop Thomas O’Brien has died at age 82.
They say O’Brien died Sunday morning from ongoing health complications related to Parkinson’s disease. O’Brien served as bishop of the diocese in Arizona’s most populous city from 1982 to 2003.
An investigation by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in 2002 revealed O’Brien had protected suspected pedophile priests.
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Bishop O’’Obrien was our diocese’s bishop. Yes, he did cover up and/or ignore multiple instances of sexual misconduct by priests, including our priest, Monsignor Dale. An even worse scandal was centered around Bishop Obrien involved in a hit and run accident, he killed a pedestrian.
Dale was eventually removed from our parish, prosecuted, defrocked and excommunicated.
Dale is an evil man. He was the Vicar General under O’Brien and was rumored to be slotted in as his eventual replacement.
Bishop Olmstead came in and cleaned house.
We dodged a bullet.
Dale never admitted to anything more than using “bad judgement,” nothing more. He is truly unrepentant.
One down.
most of them involved mysteriously or convienently passed on even leftist rags would have to ask questions....
Another truly bad thing Dale did was (after being excommunicated) start his own personal “church” less than a mile from our parish, St. Timothy’s. It’s called “The Praise and Worship Center”. He took a lot of (obviously deluded) St Timothy’s parishoners with him, they left the Catholic church to be with him.
Bishop O’Brien had a lot of explaining to do at his eternal judgement
St Thomas the Apostle was my parish for 20 years until we moved to Goodyear. Our pastor unit 2002 was Jack Spaulding and he was best friends with Fushek and we would see the two of them together at dinner around town. A few years after Fushek was charged then Father Jack was charged - he was then pastor at Fushek’s old parish! We were blessed with Father Jim Wall )now Bishop of Gallup and then Father John Ehrich as pastors until our move. When Father Jack’s charges came forward I wasn’t too surprised. Something about him was such a showman. Mass was a show under Father Jack - when Father Jim and Father John were there it was reverent and about worshipping God.
When (now Bishop) Jim Wall was a parishioner at St. Mary’s in Chandler we knew him well.
One of the good guys.
He is! Gallup is blessed to have him especially after all their troubles.
Bishop Olmsted just put out a statement on the Vigano letter.
Statement from Bishop Thomas Olmsted Regarding Archbishop Viganò’s Recent Testimony
PHOENIX (Aug. 27, 2018) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has released the following statement today from the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix:
“I have known Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò for 39 years. We became colleagues in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See in August 1979, where he had been serving prior to my entrance into this work in service to the ministry of Pope John Paul II.
Although I have no knowledge of the information that he reveals in his written testimony of August 22, 2018, so I cannot personally verify its truthfulness, I have always known and respected him as a man of truthfulness, faith and integrity. St. Paul says of priests: “This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Now it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy” (1 Cor 4:1-2). That is how I have consistently found Archbishop Viganò.
For this reason, I ask that Archbishop Viganò’s testimony be taken seriously by all, and that every claim that he makes be investigated thoroughly. Many innocent people have been seriously harmed by clerics like Archbishop McCarrick; whoever has covered up these shameful acts must be brought to the light of day.”
+Thomas J. Olmsted
Bishop of Phoenix
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