Update: This story says the Vatican is denying the allegations.
Here's the updated Special Report from ChurchMilitant.TV:
Update: There’s an insightful article on this Rorate Caeli – follow the link to read the whole thing. Here are a couple of paragraphs which I find interesting, especially in light of the news I’ve seen that the Vatican is denying the charges. All emphases are mine.
…Why
is pedophilia a crime and homosexuality a right? The answer is
simple. For the pseudo-relativist culture, that which renders pedophilia a
crime is not its moral disorder, but the fact that the acts against nature are
done harming minors.
The reference is
not to the moral law, but to the unlimited self-determination of the
individual.
Pedophilia violates the rights of
minors, while homosexuality affirms those of adults. Pedophile priests and homosexual priests in reality,
appear to form the same “lobby” that is why they drink from the same
libertarian, pansexual ideology, which has also penetrated inside the Church
over the last fifty years.
…
The
behavior of certain ecclesiastical authorities confronted with scandals of this
sort is astounding. When they learn of the existence of an immoral situation in
a parish, in a college, in a seminary, they do not proceed to verify the truth, remove the guilty party and
eliminate the filth, but manifest
annoyance, if not reprobation towards those that have denounced the evil,
and, in the best of cases, they limit themselves by taking into consideration
that which may interest civil justice,
for fear of being involved in judicial matters. They are silent about that which has purely a moral and canonical significance.
The slogan could be “zero tolerance” for
the pedophiles, “maximum tolerance” for homosexuals. The latter continue
unperturbedly to occupy their places as parish priests, bishops, rectors of
Colleges, forming that “homo-mafia” which Pope Francis defines as the “gay
lobby.”
This is evident in the case of Fr. Matthew Despard’s book
alleging the existence of a homosexual lobby amongst the Scottish clergy. The “gay
lobby” in the Church – just like the “gay lobby” in the secular politics – is far
from tolerant, and will take extreme measures to avoid exposure of the
corruption.
I think it’s good that this is coming into the light of day.
The emperor has no clothes, and there’s and elephant in the living room, and it’s
time to deal with those issue.
A smaller but better Church is in our future. Time for a big housecleaning
ReplyDeleteJust saw this at Rorate Caeli and was going to email you. You're way ahead of me. I had heard rumors of this years ago. Ugly, ugly, ugly...
ReplyDeleteThanks to all who alerted me to this story!
ReplyDeletebreaking news = heart breaking news
ReplyDeleteYes, Brother Juniper, it is heart-breaking. But still, it's about time the truth was really exposed. There have been these kinds of rumors for decades. Just recently there was the expose of a website for homosexual priests - and it does exist. We can't begin to fix the problems in the Church until we admit those problems are real.
ReplyDeleteThe report for the Legionaries of Christ was also mentioned a couple of days ago. I wonder if it is related. The founder, Marcial Maciel, used to tell the Regnum Christi people that he was protected within the Vatican. So we know it has been going on for years. One of his "friends" is still around, his name is mentioned often.. When are we going to get rid of these dangerous priests? Let's hope it happens soon.
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