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Keys of Heaven, Gates of Hell

I’m bumming today, having ended four long years of research tracking down a clue to the ultimate smoking gun, what I’d hoped would be the crown jewel of all my digging into the Church’s dark and hidden history.

I’ve called this elusive Holy Grail, the “Master Key“. The idea that there could even be such a thing came to me after reading a 19th century academic History of Auricular Confession by an American scholar named Henry C. Lea. He wrote:

“…there was an even higher authority for the violation of the seal, for the confessor in this case was a cardinal, who, under dispensation from Eugenius IV, revealed a confession the knowledge of which was important to the papal policy of the moment.”

A small footnote cryptically referred to a work by a later pope’s very own personal theologian which justified the act. Certainly can’t get much more authoritative than that. But a papal dispensation of the seal of the confessional? That’s something that apologists have said is absolutely impossible! And for damned good reason.

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Who ya gonna call?

Frankly, I’m gobsmacked. Finally, unexpectedly, as it did in so many places, the scandals appear to be reaching flash point around none other than the pope. Questions have arisen about Pope Benedict’s role in dealing with perpetrators when Joseph Ratzinger was but a bishop, a scandal in the choir headed by his own brother, another scandal involving prostitution in the Vatican choir, and even the chief exorcist of the Vatican admitting to the presence of Satanists there (more on that later).

Bookies are even making odds on the pope’s possible resignation!

Yet, in the midst of all this, I have this incredible information and am being completely ignored. I feel like the kid bursting with the answer, waving his hand desperately to get recognized by the teacher to no avail.

Here is my latest attempt, with a new Press Release.

And here’s documentary proof, in PDF format, adapted from my book, Sons of Perdition:

Ratzinger’s Responsibility for the Sex Scandals

Read it and weep, people.

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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 the Irish Church, even failed to mention the choirboy scandals in Germany. But now…

Well, now there’s a new scandal brewing in Rome.  And thus the cause for the irony between the headline and the picture above.  Those are Irish cardinals who’ve been called in on the carpet for the sex scandals there.

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