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The Truth is Here — Anybody Listening?

One scary pontiff

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 … More…

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What’s wrong with this picture?

Hometown news

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…

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“I’m shocked, shocked” says the Pope…

Shocked! Shocked!

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…

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Arrogance or Insanity?

shadow puppet

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…

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The Return of Robert Sanchez

From prelate to friar

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…

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Remember, remember…

Our day will come

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…

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Where’s Perrault?

El hombre de peccado by Friar Geronimo el sarabito

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…

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