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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Arrogance or Insanity?
Here they are, two headlines next to each other this morning on ZENIT, the official Vatican newsfeed. Benedict XVI Defends Young Migrants Encourages Christians to Aid Children and Youth VATICAN CITY, NOV. 27, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is appealing to Christians to reach out to migrants and refugees, especially children and adolescents, and to raise awareness of their plight…. and this: Irish Prelates Lament Report on Child Abuse Say No Apology Is Sufficient DUBLIN, Ireland, NOV. 27, 2009 (Zenit.org).- In response to the publication of a report about sexual abuse of children by clergy, the archbishop of Dublin is stating … More…
Posted in Heretic's Pulpit, Priests of Darkness, Roman Circus
Tagged clergy sex abuse, clericalism, crisis, hypocrisy, ireland, ratzinger, vatican
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The Return of Robert Sanchez
He’s back. They say criminals always return to the scene of the crime; bad pennies always show up again. So perhaps it was inevitable that the person of Robert Fortune Sanchez, the former Archbishop of Santa Fe disgraced by his own admitted abuse of at least five women along with gross negligence in his incompetent handling of the clergy abuse scandals, has once again shown up in his New Mexican homeland. Only now, he’s no longer a prelate, but a simple monk — a Franciscan friar, to be exact. According to the website of the Franciscan Province of Our Lady … More…
Posted in Black Collar Crime, Priests of Darkness, Roman Circus
Tagged catholic church, clergy sex abuse, crisis, franciscans, legal, new mexico, sanchez, santa fe, servants of the paraclete
Remember, remember…
Another year gone to hell. Here it is once again November 5, Guy Fawkes Day, or Bonfire Night, celebrating the foiling of the infamous Gunpowder Plot in 1605. In the wee hours on that day, Fawkes was caught red-handed, lurking with a pile of barrels of black powder beneath the Houses of Parliament. He and his companions planned to blow the Protestant British monarchy and most of the nobility to kingdom come in what would have been the most spectacular act of terrorism — Catholic or otherwise — ever. It is the day that I once proposed Roman Catholic clergy … More…
Posted in Heretic's Pulpit, Roman Circus, Survivor Issues
Tagged catholic church, clergy sex abuse, guy fawkes, protest, snap, survivors, upcoming, votf, wcasd