Posted on 05/10/2020 5:08:33 PM PDT by ebb tide
A months-long standoff between a Catholic bishop in Virginia and a priest who blogs frequent, strident criticism of the church’s handling of clergy sexual abuse has boiled over, with the diocese suspending the priest from ministry and changing parish and residence locks where he was assigned, the priest said Saturday.
The Rev. Mark White, who has been assigned to two southwest Virginia parishes, had refused to leave the church properties despite a trespass order, saying Richmond Bishop Barry Knestout is the one violating canon law by not giving more details about what Knestout considers White’s wrongdoing and by not waiting for an appeal to the Vatican to play out.
White Saturday blogged that the diocese changed the locks on the two parishes — St. Joseph in Martinsville and St. Francis of Assisi in Rocky Mount — and on one of the residences. The two parishes are half-English, half-Spanish and have about 400 families each, he said. White was pastor to the two parishes from 2011 until April 13, when Knestout ordered him transferred to prison ministry in the midst of their conflict. White told The Post he is waiting for the appeal and is not leaving.
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the bishop could get a job with the Facebook/Twitter thought police
This is precisely why I left the Catholic church.
They refuse to own up to the predatory pedophile priest problem that they have had for 30 + years.
It was that long ago that they transferred one of their known perverts into my parish.
I was not one of the victims but I knew some.
It stands to reason that these pedophile priests and the Catholic leaders who protect them, cannot really believe in God, His Son Jesus, or the Bible.
These people also cannot really believe in a hereafter and a judgement day where they will each stand and be held to account for their life and their deeds.
There is nothing in scripture that says our Lord is going to give them a free pass for their sins, just because they are priests.
If they have studied scripture they know their future is going to be torment beyond measure.
The bottom line is they are flat-out impostors and they live a complete lie. Even for that reason alone - Catholic people should shun them completely and call them out for the evil they are.
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