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Showing posts with label secrecy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label secrecy. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Ireland and the Child Abuse Problem
Secrecy and cover-up were the rule of the day in Ireland just like they were here. There is no place for unnecessary secrecy in the Church. As long as secrecy is the modus operandi of the hierarchy (along with clericalism that aspires to be served rather than to serve) the flock will continue to suffer and the battered bride of Christ will be held in contempt by the world. Pray that Christ will raise up saintly reformers. See my post at Les Femmes.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
What is Fr. Haley's current status?
Who knows?
Is Father Haley still a priest?
Has he been forcibly laicized?
Has he been excommunicated as the rumor mill says?
Try to find and out and all you get is the clerical version of the polka with fast and fancy footwork.
No one is talking.
The entire case of Fr. Haley has been shrouded in silence and secrecy. If you write to Bishop Loverde, as I have, you will most likely receive a letter from Chancellor Mark Herrmann telling you that all information about clerical personnel is confidential to protect the privacy of the priest.
But who does the silence and secrecy really protect? The bishop and the homosexual subculture in the church.
In 2005, a clerical tribunal headed by Bishop Thomas Doran met at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. The hearing was closed.
Was Father Haley allowed to face his accusers?
He definitely was NOT allowed to bring in character witnesses, because I and many others would gladly have testified for him.
What was the outcome of the tribunal? Was there a verdict? What was it?
No one is allowed to know.
Secrecy and coverup were the great enablers of the sex abuse scandals. They also enable injustice and scapegoating. As long as silence and secrecy prevail, justice will not be served. Phil Lawler, Russell Shaw, Randy Engel, and Leon Podles have all written books that show what egregious evil is enabled by silence and coverup. It protects the institutional Church, the hierarchy, and the lavendar mafia - it does not serve the truth or the flock or the lowly faithful shepherds. Remember when the pharisees wanted to kill Jesus, they held their trial in the dark of night and suspended all the Jewish rules protecting the accused. Think of Fr. Haley and other scapegoated priests on Good Friday when you read the Passion. Pray for them. And also pray for those in the hierarchy who do foul deeds in the dark.
Is Father Haley still a priest?
Has he been forcibly laicized?
Has he been excommunicated as the rumor mill says?
Try to find and out and all you get is the clerical version of the polka with fast and fancy footwork.
No one is talking.
The entire case of Fr. Haley has been shrouded in silence and secrecy. If you write to Bishop Loverde, as I have, you will most likely receive a letter from Chancellor Mark Herrmann telling you that all information about clerical personnel is confidential to protect the privacy of the priest.
But who does the silence and secrecy really protect? The bishop and the homosexual subculture in the church.
In 2005, a clerical tribunal headed by Bishop Thomas Doran met at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. The hearing was closed.
Was Father Haley allowed to face his accusers?
He definitely was NOT allowed to bring in character witnesses, because I and many others would gladly have testified for him.
What was the outcome of the tribunal? Was there a verdict? What was it?
No one is allowed to know.
Secrecy and coverup were the great enablers of the sex abuse scandals. They also enable injustice and scapegoating. As long as silence and secrecy prevail, justice will not be served. Phil Lawler, Russell Shaw, Randy Engel, and Leon Podles have all written books that show what egregious evil is enabled by silence and coverup. It protects the institutional Church, the hierarchy, and the lavendar mafia - it does not serve the truth or the flock or the lowly faithful shepherds. Remember when the pharisees wanted to kill Jesus, they held their trial in the dark of night and suspended all the Jewish rules protecting the accused. Think of Fr. Haley and other scapegoated priests on Good Friday when you read the Passion. Pray for them. And also pray for those in the hierarchy who do foul deeds in the dark.
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