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What’s wrong with this picture?
What’s wrong with this picture? I’ve neglected this blog a lot. Believe it or not, I’ve wanted to turn my attention to topics other than clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church. As a gnostic, heretic, and long time sci-fi fan, the religious implications of UFOs, what the Church knows about Roswell, and even the possibility that Christ could be seen as an extraterrestrial have long intrigued me. But the Church just won’t let me be. Every time I think, Okay, I can walk away now, they come up with something even more outrageous. I’ve stoically ignored the meltdown in … More…
Posted in Black Collar Crime, Heretic's Pulpit, Priests of Darkness, Roman Circus
Tagged catholic church, clergy sex abuse, crisis, gays, papacy, prostitution, ratzinger, scandal, vatican
“I’m shocked, shocked” says the Pope…
I had a rather peculiar feeling when reading how shocked and dismayed Pope Benedict XVI said he was over the report on Irish abuse. I was reminded in fact of a scene from the classic film Casablanca (1942). You know the one — the refugees in the bar beat the Germans in the “Battle of the Anthems” and so the head Nazi, the evil Maj. Strasser, orders the corrupt French cop Capt. Renault to shut the place down. Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds? Capt. Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on … More…
Posted in Black Collar Crime, Heretic's Pulpit, Priests of Darkness, Roman Circus
Tagged catholic church, clergy sex abuse, clericalism, cover-up, crisis, hypocrisy, inquisition, ireland, movies, ratzinger, scandal
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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
Where’s Perrault?
The time has come at last. My book is published and available online. I am finally getting a few good reviews — including one I truly treasure from none other than Fr. Tom Doyle, one of the true experts in the field and a sterling advocate for clergy abuse victims. All that’s left now is to announce it to the world. So, here then is the officious official Press Release. By coincidence, this is the anniversary season for the real beginning of the clergy abuse scandals in New Mexico, which started with a bang way back, a full seventeen years … More…
Did the Pope shoot Lincoln?
It sounds like an absurd question, doesn’t it? What could the Pope possibly have to do with Lincoln’s death? Possibly quite a lot, it turns out. It’s not a new idea, by any means. A friend of his, Pastor Charles Chiniquy, was a former Roman Catholic priest who became a client and friend of the future president, after Lincoln helped him legally fight the Church. Chiniquy claimed that alone was sufficient to mark him for death, and warned him of his danger from the Jesuits. But there were many other reasons as well. Not that the mainstream media would ever … More…
The Most Spectacular Case of All
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been doing a lot of historical research for a book about the history of sex and the clergy. Every time I think it’s just about done, something else drops into my lap that simply must be included. This amazing tale, for instance. It’s the latest, but I doubt the last… One of the most spectacular cases of all time involved a school for poor girls run by nuns in Florence as a prostitution ring and sex cult. The sisters’ highborn and well-educated confessor, Canon Pandolfo Ricasoli, held the ancient heresy that all things are permitted … More…
Posted in Black Collar Crime, Dark Rites, Holey Scriptures, Pop Cult, Priests of Darkness, Roman Circus, Weirdload
Tagged clergy crimes, clergy sex abuse, confessional, convents, cover-up, cults, florence, history, inquisition, jesuits, nuns, priarists, ricasoli, saints
Interesting Canons
When reading up on celibacy, the Council of Elvira (c. 305, Spain) is always cited as the first one to say bishops and priests shouldn’t have sex with their wives. Having located them, I found a number of other interesting rules. Just imagine what the Church would be like if these were still in effect. However, they’ve all be superseded by a thousand later rules, all just as useless. 18. Bishops, presbyters, and deacons, once they have taken their place in the ministry, shall not be given communion even at the time of death if they are guilty of sexual … More…