Historical context. “The problem of a homosexual mafia in the seminaries of the Church has been public knowledge for decades, but has been systematically ignored or downplayed by the ecclesiastical establishment. The scandal was thoroughly exposed in 2002 by journalist Michael Rose in his work Goodbye, Good Men, a work that was ruthlessly attacked by mainstream Catholic media….
“The news that McCarrick was let out of his Vatican doghouse (my argument earlier was that he should have been thrown to the long arm of the law here and been breaking rocks in the hot sun instead) is bad enough. But what’s really bad is that obviously McCarrick, who’s a leftist, was out there appointing other…
I ask myself, is the Archbishop credible, what is his reputation, where is his gain, are his statements supported in other contexts? I also ask these questions of you, Mr. Winters. “National Catholic Reporter columnist Michael Sean Winters slammed Vigano as “a trafficker in conspiracy theories who mixes fact, fiction and venom to produce something…
Of course seriously investigate, but for how long? Pope Francis is a failed leader. A ruler cannot govern without the consent of the governed. “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…
“Justice must come to the household of faith. Directly, concretely, immediately. In the meantime, believers must get to work on the logs in their own eyes so that they can see sin clearly and have the moral clarity to deal with it not generations later, but now.”https://spectator.org/priesthood-defiling-temple-children-catholic-priests/ Civil authorities must act. The Church is paralyzed….
A Little too Late Department The apology would have meant more if not compelled by a secular investigation. Know what I mean? A Pennsylvania bishop named in a grand jury report on rampant sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy says he has “profound remorse” and offers his “heartfelt apology” to the victims. https://www.breitbart.com/news/pennsylvania-bishop-reads-part-of-grand-jury-report-at-mass/ “It’s strange…