Category Archives: Priests of Darkness

Sex, sin, satanism among Catholic clergy

Sanchez is Gone But Questions Linger

Home at last

The tenth Archbishop of Santa Fe, the Most Reverend Robert Fortune Sanchez, who resigned in disgrace for gross mishandling of clergy abuse among his priests while taking sexual advantage of a number of young women, has died. And so, we are led to believe, ends the crisis here. The crisis, maybe, but not the mystery. One of his close associates, Fr. Arthur J. Perrault, a notorious perpetrator that Sanchez covered up for and gave repeated “second chances” to, fled just before being publicly accused and his location is still unknown. Sanchez’ own 760-page deposition under oath, taken over four days, … More…

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The Cult of Survivors

OBEY

  The Catholic Church has often been described as a cult by critics. In fact, most of the cult checklists out there seem directly targeted at Rome, even if aimed at Mormons, Scientologists, or Heaven’s Gate. But there is another group that exhibits many of the same disturbingly cult-like features of the Catholic Church, even though (or perhaps because) it is supposedly run by and for victims and survivors of Catholic clergy sexual abuse. Does this resemble any group claiming to represent victims that you know? Consider the following traits (emphasis added), and the answer is below: The group has … More…

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Fighting the New Propaganda

If you know what's good for you.

The Catholic Church sure didn’t invent propaganda, but they are responsible for the word. It was long enshrined in the Vatican in the very name of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, the Church’s missionary arm (now called the “Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples” doubtless because the previous title sounded like they wanted to take over the world. Lesson 1: Not good propaganda to admit what your intention really is!) “Propaganda” means communications designed to influence members of a community. And of course the Catholic Church are masters of the craft, and have been since the apostles. … More…

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Guy Fawkes and the Failures of November

November from Les Très Riches Heures de Duc du Berry

Ah, the many failed feasts of fall! This month’s calendar is a litany of despair, with the anniversaries of many historic bungles, downfalls, flops, false starts, and total fiascos. Is it because this is the season when life itself falters against the lengthening night, when the last leaves fall from the trees, the air turns chill, and the very light grows dim? Does hope die too? And why does this November in particular especially feel more like everything is falling apart everywhere than any I can remember? Partly it’s personal as right around Thanksgiving was my father’s passing and my … More…

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Women’s Ordination, Child Abuse, and a World Bank

The Beast, himself

Every time I see a stupid, reactionary, and patronizing action by the Vatican, the Holy See reminds us all once again that they are not to be judged by mere human law. No, their stupidities transcend all normal classifications of idiocy, soaring into rarefied realms of blithe intransigent irrationality with utter glee. The problem is when they do several stupid or outright evil things at once. Which moronic action should they be criticized for first? The latest choice is between commenting on the arrest of Fr. Roy Bourgeois, an American priest leading a protest by participants in Rome for a … More…

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Why Priests Are So Damned Happy

Where's the beer?

[HUMOR] – Despite all the negative publicity of recent years from lawsuits, indictments, and perp walks, research shows American Catholic priests are demonstrably among the happiest, most job-fulfilled and satisfied men in the country, according to theologian, psychologist, professional apologist, and former used car salesman, Msgr. James “Smilin’ Jim” McCashbag. Key reasons seem to be their avoidance of prayer for the cozy relations they have established with certain fellow priests and laity in their parishes, he said. “These days, most priests are far too busy for long prayers. The rosary? Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament? Litanies?” he snorted. “Too much … More…

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“Invicible Ignorance” and an Irish Uprising

The faith of Ireland

Add to the ever-growing numbers of people around the world angry at the Church for the clergy abuse scandal, the Prime Minister of Ireland and the Archbishop of Dublin. Here’s what AP had to say: The Irish are broadly lauding this week’s thunderbolt from Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who denounced the Vatican’s role in the past 17 years of abuse scandals. He accused the Holy See of downplaying “the rape and torture of children” and hiding behind its status as a sovereign state with its own secrecy-obsessed canon laws. Astonished cabbies pulled off the road to watch the unprecedented speech … More…

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