Everything included here! Culture Warrior Morse: Weinstein and Archbishop McCarrick Both Believed They Were ‘Entitled’ to Sex 42 AP/AFP Images 20 Aug 2018368 The founder of the Ruth Institute, a pro-family nonprofit that teaches about the “poisonous consequences” of the Sexual Revolution, says disgraced Hollywood magnate Harvey Weinstein and Archbishop Theodore McCarrick have both lived by the “sexual revolutionary creed.” Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. writes at National Catholic Register that it is irrelevant that Weinstein prefers female sexual partners and McCarrick prefers male. What they have in common, she asserts, is they are both “powerful men who believed they were entitled to use people sexually.” In May, Weinstein was arrested and charged with rape and sex crimes some eight months after his once-powerful career crashed as it also triggered sexual assault accusations across industries and the global #MeToo movement. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, DC, was removed from ministry following allegations he sexually abused boys and engaged in sexual misconduct with seminarians. Morse contends the root cause of the sexual abuse problems of both men is the same: Men like Archbishop McCarrick and Weinstein think they are entitled to sex. And they both have (or used to have) enough power to take whatever they wanted. The fact that Archbishop McCarrick’s preferred sex partners are male and Weinstein’s are female should not distract us from this most basic point. Both men live by the Sexual Revolutionary Creed: Sex is a private recreational activity with no moral or social consequences. Everyone is entitled to the sex lives they want, with a minimum of inconvenience. Any sexual activity is morally acceptable, as long as the participants consent. Believing all this is called being “sex positive.” Morse says that, of course, the “creed” is “a sham,” and that both powerful and influential men have been able to “manipulate the terms of ‘consent’ out of all recognition.” “The sexual revolutionary ideology creates cover for the predator, especially the well-connected, powerful predator,” she writes, adding that it is the ideology itself that caused the #MeToo movement to stall. Morse notes the starlets who criticize the exploitation of women, but who still endorse the ideology that objectification of women is acceptable. She observes how many actresses wore black dresses to the Golden Globe Awards to protest sexual abuse toward women, yet many of those dresses were very revealing. These women “want to keep their pills and their pornography and their view of themselves as progressive,” she notes. “They want to be ‘sex positive’ and never be caught in the predatory trap that the sexual revolutionary ideology makes possible.” Urging Catholics not to make the same mistake, she says living by the true teachings of the Catholic faith in terms of sexuality and marriage – even when bishops and priests do not – is what is needed for lay people to effectively eradicate the “poisonous consequences” of the Sexual Revolution within our culture. Morse asserts bishops and priests who are discovered in sex abuse scandals or in covering up such abuse are enjoying “worldly double-lives” in which they have not only brought immediate harm to their victims, but are also likely failing to teach the Church’s doctrines from the pulpit. “Their silence has been a contributing factor to the advance of the sexual revolutionary ideology throughout society,” she writes. “Their corruption undermines their brother priests who are living godly lives. And the scandal of the predatory priests casts a cloud of suspicion over innocent priests.” Because of the failure of these Church leaders to teach the faith and its doctrine on sexuality and marriage, Morse asserts the Church is no longer the “guardian of traditional sexual morality.” Instead, “the Catholic Church has become a symbol of hypocrisy or worse.” Urging Catholics to take matters into their own hands – even if bishops do nothing – Morse teaches the way to do this is to stop watering down Catholic teaching in their own lives in order to be politically correct: Let go of any part of the sexual revolution that you are holding on to. Maybe you agree that abortion is wrong, but you think contraception is OK. Maybe you are one of those parishioners who complain if the pastor preaches on pro-life topics. Maybe you are one of the parents in a Catholic high school who thinks the “gay” gym teacher shouldn’t be fired just because she married her same-sex partner in a public ceremony. “Let’s go all in for the full truth,” she urges. https://www.breitbart.com/big-gover...rick-both-believed-they-were-entitled-to-sex/
This showed up in my inbox yesterday. I sent it to a few friends including my Dad. ..................... Joan - Peace be with you! The Catholic Church is again in crisis from the evil committed by some priests and bishops. This is hurting the the body of Christ and it must stop. If you would like to pray for this intention, we've created a novena to pray for the victims of these terrible acts and for the Church. We will pray that all the abuse stops and any priests and bishops involved will be held accountable. To join us for the The Novena for the Abuse Crisis | Accountability, Transparency and Healing. Be sure to click here and enter your email address. We’ll start praying this novena on Thursday, August 23rd. NOTE: This novena is in addition to our regular novenas. You must sign up to receive it. It will overlap with others we are praying. https://p.praymorenovenas.com/novena-for-the-abuse-crisis We will start praying on Thursday, August 23rd. God bless you! John-Paul & Annie - PrayMoreNovenas.com
Pope blames U.S. sex abuse crisis on ‘clericalism,’ leaves out homosexuality Lisa Bourne VATICAN CITY, August 20, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Nearly a week after last Tuesday’s scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report exposing 70 years of clergy sex abuse of 1,000 known victims on the part of some 300 priests, Pope Francis responded to the scandal today, stating that “clericalism” was the root cause. The letter is facing criticism from faithful Catholics for failing to specify any concrete actions he would take to address the crisis, and ignoring the underlying issue of rampant homosexuality in the clergy. “Clericalism, whether fostered by priests themselves or by lay persons, leads to an excision in the ecclesial body that supports and helps to perpetuate many of the evils that we are condemning today. To say ‘no’ to abuse is to say an emphatic ‘no’ to all forms of clericalism,” he stated. He called clericalism a “peculiar way of understanding the Church’s authority” that is “common in many communities where sexual abuse and the abuse of power and conscience have occurred,” and that “not only nullifies the character of Christians, but also tends to diminish and undervalue the baptismal grace that the Holy Spirit has placed in the heart of our people.” In his letter “to the People of God” (published in full below), the Pope called for collective Church-wide penance, fasting, and prayer as a response. He did not, however, acknowledge the issue of homosexuality among clergy, offer concrete steps for resolution of the crisis, nor recognize the role bishops have played in the scandal. In fact, the word "bishop" does not appear once in the entire letter. Cardinal Raymond Burke stated in two interviews concerning the crisis that only the Pope can address situations of misconduct or negligence by bishops, not a bishops’ conference. “It is the Roman Pontiff, the Holy Father, who has the responsibility to discipline these situations,” Burke had said, “and it is he who needs to take action following the procedures that are given in the Church’s discipline. This is what will address the situation effectively.” The pope called for a "culture" within the Church to prevent sexual abuse being covered up. "No effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening, but also to prevent the possibility of their being covered up and perpetuated," Francis said in the letter. The Pope said in his letter he was aware of efforts in dioceses worldwide to address clergy sex abuse. “I am conscious of the effort and work being carried out in various parts of the world to come up with the necessary means to ensure the safety and protection of the integrity of children and of vulnerable adults, as well as implementing zero tolerance and ways of making all those who perpetrate or cover up these crimes accountable,” he said. The Church has “delayed in applying these actions and sanctions that are so necessary,” the Pope said, “yet I am confident that they will help to guarantee a greater culture of care in the present and future.” The U.S. Bishops’ own studies on the clergy sex abuse scandal have repeatedly affirmed a link between the crisis and the actions of homosexual clerics. Statistics from the Pennsylvania grand jury report back this as well: Nearly three-quarters of the offending priests were homosexual; over three-quarters of the abusive priests were pederasts and of those, one fifth (21%) chose adolescent girls as their victims while four-fifths (79%) chose adolescent boys. Last week Brad Miner, Senior Editor of The Catholic Thing, and attorney and international child rights advocate Liz Yore made it clear on EWTN's The World Overthat the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis is directly linked to homosexuality. (cont'd)
“Largely it’s not a pedophile crisis,” Yore said. “We know from the John Jay report, 81-percent of the victims were males, mostly teens. And we know because our subclass of predators are all male, this is a male-on-male crime, and primarily with teens between the ages of 14 to 17. Those are the victims.” Miner agreed: “It’s a homosexual problem. The numbers show that.” The Church continues to reel from the Pennsylvania report, released less than two months after allegations against disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick surfaced of him abusing a minor and various adults – including seminarians and young priests. Since the recent revelations in the abuse crisis, experts and Catholic laity have called for bishops to be accountable. Laity have called for a long-suspected homosexual network in the Church exerting power over clergy and facilitating abuse cover-up to be rooted out. Francis promised zero tolerance for clergy sex abusers in 2014 and set up a commission to investigate allegations against priests and care for victims. He spoke out strongly against clergy sex abuse again later that year and again in May 2016, saying abusers should be severely punished. Shortly thereafter, he released an updateto the policy for removing bishops suspected of neglecting clerical abuse cases. Pope Francis restated zero tolerance again in January 2017, directing bishops in a letter to “adhere, clearly and faithfully, to ‘zero tolerance'” for sex abuse of minors. Some have pointed to instances where his actions in some serious cases don’t match his tough stances on abuse. One such case is that of Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, who was caught on tape attempting to cover up years of abuse involving his close friend and fellow bishop, Roger Vangheluwe, then-Bishop of Bruges. Francis honored Danneels, who wassidelined under Pope Benedict, by having him present with him on the balcony whenhe first appeared to the world as pope in 2013. Francis also personally chose Danneels to attend the Synod of Family, giving him a special title. Vatican spokesman Father Thomas Rosica, CSB, endorsed the pope’s declaration of clericalism as a cause of clergy abuse in a release from his Salt and Light Media this morning that stated, “We can only move forward when we name the evil of clericalism.” “Until the Church at her highest levels names this great evil of clericalism and rids the Church of it, we will not move forward,” stated Rosica, a defender of Jesuit Father James Martin’s LGBT-affirming book, Building a Bridge. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, a Francis-appointee and also a defender of James Martin’s LGBT-affirming message, has also attributed the Church’s sex abuse crisis to clericalism. Reaction to the Pope’s letter early Monday included surprise at his failure to reference the bishops directly. “Strikingly, Francis never uses the word 'bishop' in his letter,” a report from Crux on the pope’s statement said, “although the role of some members of the hierarchy in exacerbating the abuse crisis through inaction or outright cover-up has been a central bone of contention for some time.” Progressive theologian Massimo Faggioli noted the same, stating, “Two words that are significantly absent from pope Francis' letter about the abuse scandal: 'bishops' and 'episcopal.'" There was ample criticism of the Pope’s letter on Twitter, including this fromAmerican Papist blogger Thomas Peters: “Pope Francis’ statement says nothing about 1) homosexual clergy 2) an investigation into the Vatican 3) calling bishops in particular to prayer and fasting 4) acknowledging the *ongoing* nature of the cover up 5) next steps. Resolve, with no resolutions.” American Conservative columnist Rod Dreher, who has covered the Church’s abuse scandal extensively, tweeted, “Nice words from Pope Francis, but after all this time, and all these empty promises from the episcopate, what counts now are **deeds**.” Marie Collins, an abuse survivor and former member of the Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors tweeted, “A little puzzled by Pope Francis reference in his letter to “work being carried out” in parts of the world to make “those who cover up” accountable. We have been told only the Pope can hold bishops accountable. Sadly nothing as regards a concert plan of action in this letter.” https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/p...buse-crisis-on-clericalism-fails-to-mention-h
Abuse victim withdraws defense of Pope Francis after ‘weak’ letter on U.S. crisis Catholic, Markus Buning, Pope Francis, Sex Abuse Crisis August 20, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – After today's publication of Pope Francis' letter of apology to the People of God, Dr. Markus Büning, a German theologian, lawyer, and book author who himself was abused by a priest as a child, removed his public support of an initiative defending Pope Francis. It was only decades after his abuse, when his mother heard that the abusive priest had been arrested and asked her son about his experiences with that priest, that Dr. Büning reveal his childhood suffering. The Catholic Church later recompensed him materially and apologized to him. On this background of his own suffering, it is understandable that he would have a special sensitivity and attentiveness toward the question of how the Catholic Church under Pope Francis now responds to the new revelations of more child abuse by the Church's clergymen and hierarchy. In response to today's letter of Pope Francis to the People of God, Dr. Büning wrote a letter to Professor Paul M. Zulehner, one of the two organizers of the 2017 Pro Pope Francis initiative, asking him to remove his picture and signature of support from the initiative's website. The Pro Pope Francis initiative gathered some 70,000 signatures and published a book filled with recommendations by international theologians addressed to Pope Francis concerning possible Church reforms. Dr. Büning himself now considers the Pope's new letter concerning the abuse crisis to be too vague and unspecific, and he is quite indignant about the papal call merely for certain kinds of penance, instead of removing the guilty bishops from their offices and using the Church's penal law. The German theologian states: “By now it becomes clear that Pope Francis does not assume his responsibility, except for his frequent words. Such a Pope I can only pity.” In the following, we present the letter in its entirety which Dr. Büning shared with us. Dear Professor Zulehner, I hereby request the immediate removal of my picture and my signature as a supporter of your initiative “Pro Pope Francis.” The final reason for this decision is the Pope's text concerning child abuse as it has been published today (see here the text). This text is absolutely insufficient and a great disappointment. It mostly contains a far-reaching unspecified “pastoral speech,” which finally does not take sufficiently serious the suffering of the victims and their family members. Additionally, there is missing a clear plan of action: What is now with the bishops who have failed and have helped to cover up? Will the Pope now remove them from their offices, also if such cases were to become public in Germany, for example? After such a vague letter, most probably not. What about the homo lobby in the clergy which here very obviously has worked evil for years? No, not one single word about this problem! This is all weak and not trustworthy. And if the Pope criticizes here rightly the problem of clericalism, then he should kindly himself stop with this kind of attitude of treating us Catholics in this vague manner, from high up above. He now has to act. He has to develop a plan against the abusers and their supporters. But he obviously does not do it. His call upon to the People of God now to do penance for the sins of these bishops and priests, with the help of fasting and prayers, I consider to be nearly cynical. I will not do such a rubbish thing! How shall I as a victim of abuse myself now also go about doing penance for my childhood molesters? Are you right in your mind? Should my wife, my children, my friends and relatives who are Catholic now do penance for that kind of man? Are you kiddin'? No, the Church has to punish here! For that, she has her own penal law! If she does not do it, she turns herself even more into an accomplice of unbelievable crimes. No, dear Professor Zulehner, by now it becomes clear that Pope Francis does not assume his responsibility, except for his frequent words. Such a Pope I can only pity. With friendly greetings, Dr. Markus Büsing https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/...-of-pope-francis-after-weak-letter-on-u.s.-cr
No "new wave".....just rehashing w/o full facts, taking advantage of the newer exposure of McCarrick. Remember, they could care less about children or individuals....or else they would target the rampant abuse in the culture as a whole....esp. the public school system which incidences, passed on to other districts with full knowledge, dwarf the all encompassing years of the John Jay report. The Pope wants to "look" like he's doing something? Then he should build upon that objective, secular report. But that wouldn't suit his purposes. That report gets into defective and skewered inner and outer human development that can easily lend one to the services of evil. But this Pope is loath to even look like he is labeling any "favored" group of the PC manipulators and punishers. But the real purpose for this sole targeting is for their goal to eliminate the Papacy. So, in order to pick and choose what sins should be included in order to offer his own type of "open borders" to his most deserving of sympathy, he'll even give away the crown jewels, knowingly or not. They (with Satan's "authority" over them) want no symbol of any moral authority left for their New World. The Church, the devil knows, is the only image of the fullness of Truth....the rest who have splintered off will be next, to the degree they follow suit. And the Pope's attitude simply looks to them like a wink, wink. It almost makes you wonder just which "Peter" Christ was praying for, knowing Satan wanted to sift him like wheat.
Just look at the First Reading for Wednesday of the 20th week in Ordinary Time, (22 August 2018): First reading Ezekiel 34:1-11 © An oracle against bad and selfish shepherds The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘“Shepherds, the Lord says this: Trouble for the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shepherds ought to feed their flock, yet you have fed on milk, you have dressed yourselves in wool, you have sacrificed the fattest sheep, but failed to feed the flock. You have failed to make weak sheep strong, or to care for the sick ones, or bandage the wounded ones. You have failed to bring back strays or look for the lost. On the contrary, you have ruled them cruelly and violently. For lack of a shepherd they have scattered, to become the prey of any wild animal; they have scattered far. My flock is straying this way and that, on mountains and on high hills; my flock has been scattered all over the country; no one bothers about them and no one looks for them. ‘“Well then, shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. As I live, I swear it – it is the Lord who speaks – since my flock has been looted and for lack of a shepherd is now the prey of any wild animal, since my shepherds have stopped bothering about my flock, since my shepherds feed themselves rather than my flock, in view of all this, shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. The Lord says this: I am going to call the shepherds to account. I am going to take my flock back from them and I shall not allow them to feed my flock. In this way the shepherds will stop feeding themselves. I shall rescue my sheep from their mouths; they will not prey on them any more.” ‘For the Lord says this: “I am going to look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view." Coincidence? I think not. (On this day, the Church also celebrates Our Lady,Mother and Queen.)
Here we go.....hopefully this assailant will be brought to justice: ASSAILANT SHOUTING ‘THIS IS FOR ALL THE KIDS’ ATTACKS INDIANA PRIEST An Indiana Byzantine priest was rushed to the hospital Monday morning after an assailant knocked him unconscious while shouting, “This is for all the kids.” The unknown attacker assaulted Fr. Basil Hutsko, who has not been deemed guilty of or implicated in child sexual abuse, after he celebrated the liturgy on Monday morning in Merrillville, Indiana. The man allegedly choked Hutsko and slammed his head on the ground in the altar servers’ sacristy. (RELATED: Pope Addresses Sex Abuse Scandals, Urges Lay People To Help Uproot Culture Of Cover-Ups) Hutsko said that he heard the assailant shout, “This is for all the kids,” an apparent reference to Pennsylvania’s recently published report on child sexual abuse in the church, before he lost consciousness. From a tweet: A good priest I know, Fr. Basil Hutsko was attacked and knocked unconscious this morning at his parish in Merrillville, Indiana. Before going unconscious Fr. Basil heard the attacker say, "This is for all the kids!" (reference to the clergy sex abuse coverage in the media.) This was apparently a random attack and Fr. Hutsko HAS NOT been accused of any wrongdoing. I hope for prayers for his recovery, and proper penance for those whose criminal cover-up of abuse sowed the seeds of this violence. @JamesMartinSJ 5:41 PM - Aug 20, 2018 All clergy are now targets and need to be vigilant. However it must also be clear that Fr. Hutsko was a random target. He is NOT guilty of any sex abuse,” said Fr. Thomas J. Loya in a statement from the chancery of the Parma Eparchy. Hutsko is the pastor of St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Merrillville. He was being treated in a local hospital as of Monday according to Loya. http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/21/indiana-priest-attack-for-the-kids/ Thank you guilty media......as well as "never Catholic-ers"
This is what comes from these stupid desires to hang all the Bishops (really a cowardly bending to the PC threatening crowd). I happen to have a great AB....Chaput. You want to benefit the globalists for their new "church"/"religion".....agree with these wimpy type Catholic "educators" who wish to surrender to the Catholic haters in general and do their own form of a plea deal via their own naive thinking, hoping the attacks then will just go away. Bill Donohue again: Cardinal Wuerl Is a Man of Honor and Doesn't Deserve Condemnation Catholics are angry at revelations of priestly sexual abuse, and they have a right to be. But when emotion conquers reason, the truth is often lost. The fact of the matter is that in almost all cases, the accused priest is either dead or is no longer in ministry. Moreover, virtually none of them were afforded the opportunity to defend himself. Worse, this heated environment has now led to a series of attacks of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who served as the Bishop of Pittsburgh between 1988 and 2006, and is now the Archbishop of Washington. He is being unfairly trashed in some quarters. I have known Cardinal Wuerl for 30 years, having first met him when I was a professor at a local Pittsburgh Catholic college, La Roche. I had the opportunity to assess his record during his first five years of service: it was meritorious, and it has only gotten better. It is being said that Cardinal Wuerl must have known all about what Cardinal Theodore McCarrick allegedly did because he was Wuerl's predecessor in Washington. Aside from rumors, which are a staple in every workplace, Wuerl was in no position to know anything about McCarrick's alleged sexual behavior with seminarians, and he certainly was in no position to know anything about more recent allegations involving minors. Consider the timeline of McCarrick's predatory behavior with seminarians, which allegedly took place in the 1980s down the Jersey Shore. When McCarrick was installed as Bishop of Metuchen in 1982, Wuerl was executive secretary to Bishop John Marshall of Burlington, Vermont. When McCarrick became Archbishop of Newark in 1986, Wuerl was an Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle. In 1988, Wuerl became Bishop of Pittsburgh, and in 2006 he took over as the Archbishop of Washington. In short, Wuerl was in Burlington, Seattle, and Pittsburgh when McCarrick was allegedly preying on seminarians in his home in Sea Girt, New Jersey. To hold him accountable for McCarrick's deeds is absurd and patently unfair. Moreover, he had nothing to do with financial settlements arranged by the Diocese of Metuchen (2005) and the Archdiocese of Newark (2007). What we do know about Wuerl is that he distinguished himself early on by confronting priestly sexual abuse. When Wuerl became Bishop of Pittsburgh in 1988, he learned of a few cases of molestation involving minors. Against the advice of attorneys, he met with the victims and their families. A few months later, he removed Father Anthony Cipolla from ministry. Cipolla maintained his innocence, but Wuerl was convinced he had mental problems, and notified the Vatican about it in 1989. Wuerl told the Congregation for Clergy that "it would be morally impossible to assign Father Cipolla, who is in need of serious psychological treatment, to the pastoral care of the faithful in the Church." Cipolla appealed to the Congregation for Clergy, but it sided with Wuerl. In 1991, Cipolla appealed to the Vatican Signatura, the Catholic Church's Supreme Court. In 1993, the high court overruled Wuerl, ordering him to reinstate Cipolla. Wuerl said no — he would not return him to ministry. Wuerl argued that there were "inaccuracies" in the Signatura's decision and asked the Vatican to reopen the case. In 1995, the Vatican reversed itself, agreed with Wuerl's assessment, and Cipolla was officially barred from public ministry. Who, in or out of the Catholic Church, has ever defied his superiors, risking his position within the company or institution, over such matters? Wuerl did. How many in Hollywood and the media have? In 1989, the year after Wuerl's first encounter with sexual abuse as a bishop, he launched a Diocesan Review Board. At that time, the bishops had no institutionalized mechanism for assessing sexual offenses—the bishops' conference never had one until 2004—putting him way ahead of the curve. In 2006, the liberal-leaning Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted how effective Wuerl was when he was Bishop of Pittsburgh (he had just been appointed Archbishop of Washington). "When other dioceses around the nation were mired in an ugly abuse scandal involving priests who preyed on younger church members, Pittsburgh was unscathed." These plaudits, of course, were prior to the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report. The report does raise some questions about Wuerl's handling of a few cases, but even there it is easy to understand his decisions. At that time, the bishops — like the leaders in all institutions, private and public — followed the advice of psychologists and psychiatrists and returned offenders to their job after receiving a clean bill of health. We now know that these therapists oversold their level of competence, and many still do. Like everyone, Wuerl must be judged on the basis of his overall record, and in his case it is outstanding. In his 18 years as the Bishop of Pittsburgh, he fielded 19 new cases of accusations against priests. In 18 of those cases, the priest was immediately removed from ministry. That is impressive, by any standard. Cardinal Donald Wuerl is a good man who deserves our commendation, not condemnation. Dr. William Donohue is the president and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. The publisher of the Catholic League journal, Catalyst, Donohue is a former Bradley Resident Scholar at the Heritage Foundation and served for two decades on the board of directors of the National Association of Scholars. He is the author of seven books, and the winner of several teaching awards and many awards from the Catholic community. https://www.newsmax.com/billdonohue/cardinal-donald-wuerl-catholic-church/2018/08/21/id/878051/
)QUOTE="ComeSoon!, post: 218270, member: 5483"]to say nothing of today's readings...[/QUOTE] In addition, the retired (probably around 90) good priest spoke entirely about the abuse problem and fiercely chastised it in his homily. It was very good to hear.
Liz Yore on fire!!... Sunday, August 19, 2018 Francis and Farrell’s 'Sinod' on the Youth, #StopThe Synod2018 Written by Elizabeth Yore The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. – Shakespeare, As You Like ItPope Francis and Cardinal Farrell sit with students at the 2018 pre-synodal meeting for young people. * Fool me once, the Synod on the Family 2014 * Fool me twice, the Synod on the Family 2015 (Amoris Laetitia) * Fool me thrice, the Synod on the Young People 2018? During the last 5 years of this papacy, Francis and his Synodal Schemers masterfully manipulated, rigged, and exploited the synodal process. The backdoor tactics and machinations were brilliantly documented by Edward Pentin, Henry Sire, George Neumayr and an array of investigative journalists. How long will Catholics play the fool? The upcoming October 2018 Synod of Bishops guarantees more synodal antics as the doctrinal culmination of the “Who Am I to Judge” mantra and the recantation of Church teaching on homosexuality. Pope Francis announced in the Pre-Synodal meeting that the Church will be listening to all the young people and that “no one will be excluded.” That’s code language that the Pope will be “dialoging” and “accompanying” and “hearing” the pro-LBGT agenda. Oh, the providential irony! The two themes of the upcoming Synod of Bishops in Rome are none other than, Youth and Vocations. Sound familiar? Do I hear the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report? How inconvenient that the two targets of predatory clerics and prelates will be the subject of the Synod of Bishops. How inconvenient that the head of the Synod on Youth and Vocations, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, was the former roommate of the most prolific serial predator of youth and seminarians in the history of the American Church. How inconvenient that Farrell, Head of this Synod on Youth, roomed with the notorious Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for six years and never knew anything about McCarrick’s predatory behavior. How inconvenient that a global homosexual clergy predation scandal is erupting at a time when Francis wants the Synod to minimize that nagging and unmerciful Catholic catechism doctrine of homosexuality as “intrinsically disordered” by exploiting the naive views of the youth at the Synod. How inconvenient that homosexual predation is bankrupting the American Church and the Instrumentum Laboris, the working document of this Vatican Synodal Agenda, embraces the relaxation of the Church teachings on homosexuality. How inconvenient that the homosexual network of clergy and prelates were blasted as predators and coverup enablers in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, while the Instrumentum Laboris argues that: “Some LGBT youths, through various contributions that were received by the General Secretariat of the Synod, wish to benefit from greater closeness and experience greater care by the Church, while some Bishop Conferences ask themselves what to suggest to young people who decide to create homosexual instead of heterosexual couples and, above all, would like to be close to the Church.” §197 IL How inconvenient that during a global prelate homosexual coverup scandal, the 2018 Synodal Bishop Conferences are exploring for ways during the Synod to discuss ways in which homosexual youths want to be “closer” to the Church! How inconvenient that since 2013 during Francis’ impromptu airplane presser when he cleverly sent a powerful message to homosexual clerics, “Who Am I to Judge,” now Francis must judge the criminal predatory conduct of homosexual clergy and prelates who preyed on youth and seminarians. The emerging homosexual clergy scandal is just beginning to unfold. The laity will learn over the course of the next few years that the underlying cause of the criminal scandal lies in the homosexual network of priests, bishops and cardinals who preyed on the youth, assaulted seminarians, promoted their own ilk, and punished any whistleblowers or noncompliant priests. Here is the dirty secret that is now emerging. Many in the hierarchy were active homosexuals who intentionally relaxed and ignored the Church’s teaching and moral stance on homosexuality. The personal wreckage brutally portrayed in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report is the direct result of a clerical culture which embraced homosexuality and groomed, recruited, and assaulted young people into this sordid lifestyle. Many priests, bishops, and cardinals practiced what Francis preached, ‘who am I to judge.’ The result? A litany of lives of total moral, physical, emotional devastation suffered by victims of homosexual clerics. This is just the very beginning of the dark night of the soul of the Catholic Church. The upcoming Synod and its embrace of the “LGBT” lifestyle makes a mockery of the suffering of the clergy victims and justifies the decades-old scandal. Be forewarned that inviting young people from ages 16-29 to the Synod to discuss vocations with Bishops poses serious moral and physical dangers to these unsuspecting youth, many of whom think homosexuality is cool. And the Bishops know it. The full extent of the clerical predation in the hierarchy will take years to uncover. Until it has, this Synod must be cancelled while the civil authorities and law enforcement fully investigate the breadth and depth of the homosexual clerical predation. The warning signs and rainbow flags are flamboyantly flashing that the 2018 Synod on the Youth and Vocations in Rome presents great moral and physical exploitation of the youth. According to the Vatican, the chosen topic of the 2018 Synod, is an “expression of the Church’s pastoral concern for the young,” and is in continuity with the findings of the two-fold synod on the family and Francis’s post-synodal document Amoris Laetitia. We’ve caught on to his sneaky synodal tactics. Francis cleverly uses the synodal process to relax church doctrine by employing secular tools of surveys and focus groups. And, if the necessary results aren’t computed, they will skewer the results. Magisterium by majority vote or stuff the ballot box. The only compelling “expression of the Church’s pastoral concern for the young” belongs in the full and transparent cooperation of criminal investigations into predatory homosexual predation. Turn over the documents secret archives involving predation, both in the Vatican and in the chanceries around the globe. That is the only expression that will demonstrate concern for the young. Sign the Petition to Stop the Synod Here. Editor's Note: The Remnant has lunched its own #StopTheSynod petition, for those who would rather not go to Change.org. Our petition will remain at the top of our site from now until October, or until the Synod is canceled. Please sign and encourage your friends, contacts, and social media associates to do the same.MJM ______________________________ Elizabeth Yore is an attorney who has investigated clerical sex abuse cases. https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/in...arrell-s-sinod-on-the-youth-stopthe-synod2018
This article also shows the mis-placed reliance upon the psychiatric community by the Church in its past, usual response to the scandal....which the secular culture does in its normal course as well (of course they have re-labeled what formerly had been classified as types of mental illness....to comply with the PC community....and out of fear of major law suits) Cardinal Tobin tells priests not to speak to press after ‘gay sub-culture’ claims The cardinal said no one had ever spoken to him of such a subculture Cardinal Tobin has told clergy in his diocese not to speak to the press after a news report detailing allegations of sexual misconduct appeared on Catholic News Agency. Six anonymous priests told CNA that a “gay sub-culture” existed in the Archdiocese of Newark, particularly in the seminary. However, the cardinal said in a letter to priests that no one “including the anonymous ‘sources’ cited in the article” has ever spoken to him about such a sub-culture. One of the allegations reported by CNA regarded Fr Mark O’Malley, who was removed from his position as rector of the diocesan seminary and placed on medical leave in 2014. Sources claimed he was accused of hiding a camera in another priest’s bedroom. Cardinal Tobin said in the letter: “In April 2014, Father Mark O’Malley, who was serving at St. Andrew’s College, experienced a serious personal crisis for which he received a psychological evaluation and subsequent therapy. In April 2015, he was deemed fit for priestly ministry. He hopes to serve as a hospital chaplain.” CNA also reported that Fr James Weiner – who was recently appointed as parish priest at St Andrew’s in Westwood, New Jersey – was under renewed investigation. Fr Weiner was identified as the previously unnamed man referred to in allegations of sexual assault made by Fr Desmond Rossi. Fr Rossi claimed he was sexually assaulted by two transitional deacons in 1988. He received an out-of-court settlement of approximately $35,000 in 2004. Cardinal Tobin said Fr Weiner’s case had been examined by a review board in 2003 “even though it did not involve an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor”. He said he had ordered a new investigation last month due to “new information and out of an abundance of caution in these most difficult times.” The cardinal had been scheduled to install Fr Weiner as parish priest on September 15, but a parish bulletin last weekend said the installation had been delayed indefinitely due to a scheduling conflict. The cardinal closed his letter by expressing his hope that the sources cited by CNA were not really priests in the diocese. CNA responded to confirm they were. He also encouraged priests not to speak to the media, and instead refer all enquiries to archdiocese’s Director of Communications. “I repeat my willingness to meet with any brother who wishes to share his concerns regarding allegations in the press or personal experience in our local Church,” he added. http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/new...-speak-to-press-after-gay-sub-culture-claims/
Clergy sex abuse crisis 'devastating' for the church, says Vatican secretary of state https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/96...or-the-church-says-vatican-secretary-of-state
