Bishop Loverde's Pattern of Persecuting Priests

     Bishop Paul S. Loverde recently made his ad limina visit to Rome to meet with Pope Benedict XVI, the first since 2004 when he met with the seriously ill Pope John Paul II. The bishop presented Pope Benedict a 300 page state-of-the-diocese summary prepared by Mark Herrmann, the diocesan lawyer-chancellor. It included, according to the Arlington Herald, "everything from population statistics and evangelization efforts to child protection programs and the status of diocesan vocations." One of the things definitely excluded was a description of the pattern of persecution in this diocese against faithful priests and laity. Since Bishop Loverde's installation in Arlington in 1999, at least a dozen priests that I know of have experienced persecution in one form or another, often for minor infractions of diocesan rules or deviating from the bishop’s preferences. I have written about some of these cases previously.

     Bishop Loverde arrived in Arlington in 1999, assigned to fill the vacant See formerly held by Bishop John R. Keating. The difference for the priests was extreme. Bishop Keating was a fatherly man who set aside two weeks after Christmas every year to meet privately with any priest in the diocese wanting to make an appointment. He generally presented each of the priests who took advantage of that opportunity with a gift. But the gift of his time, a sign of respect, was the most important part, and the priests who went appreciated it.

     Bishop Loverde, on the other hand,

News on Fr. Haley and it's sad indeed!

Well, the word coming down from on high is that Fr. Haley has been excommunicated and defrocked. This has been personally confirmed to me by someone who should know, but don't expect to hear about it anywhere official. There's something about this case that makes authorities skittish. After all, we can't acknowledge the elephant in the sanctuary, the homosexual priest problem. Every new homosexual scandal is met by the three monkeys with ears, eyes, and mouth covered. ("Psst...ignore the elephant until he goes away.") So Fr. Haley will continue to be the invisible man.

Strange, isn't it?

The Vatican released a notification over the excommunication of heretic priest Tissa Balasuriya, but Fr. Haley who is guilty of no more than making his bishop upset for revealing too much about the homosexual subculture in Arlington, simply disappeared without a trace. I have the feeling that if he had experienced an open trial we would have heard testimony by at least one chancery official that was perjury from start to finish. In secular court one has the right to be faced with one's accusers, but in Fr. Haley's case, I understand the accusation used to secure his conviction was summarized by the chancery and the "accuser" never appeared. Isn't that hearsay evidence which would not be allowed in a real trial grounded in justice?

But the story gets worse. Fr. Haley was cut off financially by the diocese last summer and now has no income. His situation has deteriorated from living a nomad's existence in a motor home with a small income to living with no income at all except what he can pick up from odd jobs. He needs work.

Before he entered the priesthood, Fr. Haley was an engineer. He is technologically oriented and I understand he's interested in finding a technical type job. If anybody has leads to suggest or a job to offer, please post them in the comments section.  And please continue your prayers. Consider how the heretics go on and on. They write books, speak at diocesan functions, thumb their noses at the Church, with nary a cluck to upset their scandal. Fr. Gerard Sloyan, the architect of the disastrous feeling-based catechetics that destroyed the faith of a generation and a promoter of the "fundamental option" heresy, gives courses in Arlington regularly.

Fr. Haley, on the other hand, was crucified for "being a snoop" as one priest said to me. In view of the devastation the homosexual cabal is inflicting on the Church (Check out the war in in Minnesota  where the homosexual/pro-homosexual priests are currently fighting their bishop over an amendment on the ballot to protect traditional marriage.), we could use more "snoops" like Fr. Haley.

Pray for Bishop Loverde. He has a lot to answer for. Our God is a God of mercy, but justice is the flip side of the coin. He used his authority to draw and quarter a good priest. A day of accounting is on the calendar.

The Homosexual Cabal in Kansas City

We're often told that the homosexual problem in the Church doesn't exist. Don't believe it! In England and Wales a 2003 survey of priests where over half responded disclosed that 53% thought ordaining practicing homosexuals was fine and dandy. Fact is, the homosexual cabal is still active in many dioceses. Here's the latest in Kansas City-St. Joseph where a former employee, Larry Probst, is suing the diocese for a sexually hostile work environment. Probst was an archivist in the chancery and describes homosexual harassment by priests as well as sexually charged and lewd comments.

This problem will continue as long as homosexuals are admitted to the priesthood. Keeping it secret, as Cardinal-elect (at the time) William Levada suggested in 2006 is hardly the answer. In an address given during the installation of the new rector for the North American Pontifical College in Rome, Levada stated that a priest who reveals his homosexuality "places an obstacle to his ability to represent Christ the bridegroom to his bride, the people of God." He asked the question, "Does he not see how his declaration places him at odds with the spousal character of love as revealed by God and imaged in humanity?"

Levada's words are a head scratcher. Does he really believe the spousal nature of the bridegroom/priest to his bride/the Church is less compromised when the priest keeps his disordered nature secret? That's like claiming a disordered man who identifies as homosexual can keep his secret and marry a woman -- like infamous sex abuser Rudy Kos. His former wife warned Church authorities about his homosexuality before he was admitted to the seminary. They ignored her.

But Levada's speech makes one wonder. How many hidden homosexuals are serving the Church? How many are practicing? I've heard homosexuals argue that celibacy, which they define as not having relations with a woman, doesn't apply to them. And they appear to believe it if the claims in Probst's lawsuit are true.

More on Miami Vice

Nothing to gawk about: a response to Brandon Thorp's exposé on the Miami Archdiocese

Miami Vice, the Gay Cabal, and Courageous Catholic Laity

The article linked below is sickening and contains at least one graphic photo. But it shows that the problem in the U.S. church is not going to disappear anytime soon. Archbishop Favalora should be the homeless cleric travelling around the country in a motorhome instead of Fr. Haley.

How many other dioceses have their "secret gay cabals" engaging in perversion and embezzling from parishes? No wonder the Church fails to be the salt and light to the culture of death. Poor Holy Mother Church in many places is in the hands of rapists.

Note, that any acton that now taking place in Miami goes to the credit of the laity there. It was the laity, using the name Christifidelis and led by Catholic lawyer Sharon Bourassa, that exposed this filthy rot. Two thumbs up to this brave woman and may her group continue to monitor the situation since the diocese is apparently inundated with homosexual priests. The laity need to hold our bishops' feet to the fire and fight with unflagging vigilance like the widow who demanded justice from the unjust judge. That's exactly what most of the U.S. bishops are. Remember, three fourths of them covered up child rape and moved abusers around. A few are gone, but most still remain in their sees. God help us!

Miami Vice: The Catholic Church's Secret Gay Cabal

Another Homosexual Priest Scandalizes the Church

Oh, but there's no problemo in the Church! And just ask your bishop. He'll tell you he isn't aware of a single homosexual in his diocese. Well, I think it's a pretty good guess that Rev. Thomas Bouterie fits the bill.

Mardi Gras Miscue Topples Topless Priest

When you visit the website note the photos of Fr. Bouterie, especially the one next to the two biker boys. Click on the photo at left which will enlarge the picture of Father next to the flamboyant drag queen and let you progress to the next photo of him with the biker boys.

"Where's that hand, Padre? You're not playing basketball ya know and he didn't just make a basket!"

At least the guy's been removed as pastor. What's Father's take on the matter?  "His resignation was not 'reflective of the current problems' in the Church, but more indicative of his 'personal growth as a priest.' Yup, marching half-dressed illustrates your "personal growth." Can anybody tell me if there's any significance to wearing the black band on the arm? Or is that symbolic of his black clerics?

Gay Priest Exposes Himself on Florida Beach

Ah yes, the scandals are all behind us now that the bishops are fingerprinting lay volunteers and "empowering" children to fight off adult predators. But the gay problem in the church is obviously NOT over. Fr. Bernard Chojnacki, a parochial vicar from St. Charles Borromeo in Sarasota (Diocese of Venice, FL) was cruising the southern end of Caspersen Beach in Venice, a stretch well-known for gay hookups. Unfortunately for him, local police were carrying out a sting operation and when he grabbed a detective's genitals while exposing his own he was arrested for indecent exposure and battery. Read more here.

Now if you were a parent at St. Charles, which has a school, how would you feel? Would you want your sons anywhere near him? Not me! Homosexuals are attracted to young men manhood. Even if he restricts his perversion to "age appropriate" sodomy, he is a threat.

What's the diocese doing? Fr. Chojnacki has been put on "administrative leave" whatever that means and the diocesan spokesman calls the charges "unsettling." All I can say is, if he did it, and he certainly has a right to an unbiased investigation and trial, release him from the priesthood. "Gay" priest is an oxymoron. A man who is not wired like a man for whatever reason, cannot portray the manliest man in history. God created men and women. Jesus and Mary are the perfect role models for the meaning of male and female sexuality. Someone who is "gender confused" deserves our sympathy and respect as a child of God with a difficult cross, but he should NEVER, NEVER be a priest! And hiding in the rectory closet is not the answer.