Bill Donohue of the Catholic League just wrote a piece entitled, DELIRIOUS REACTIONS TO CHURCH ABUSE. In this article the outspoken defender of the Catholic Faith, Mr. Donohue goes on and on about the abuse that is present in the filthy subset of American Culture called Hollywood. He points to the rapes, the pedophilia, the overall corruption of the industry and he seems to go on and on as if this excuses the sexual crisis that we find ourselves embroiled within the Catholic Church at the moment. And it is for more than just a moment. This has been going strong since before the advent of Vatican II.
Now I don’t know why, if he wants to give excuses for our present situation he leaves out Government politicians, large Corporate enterprises and of course Organized Crime. Their sins are as scarlet, but we all know that and almost expect it. they are on a whole a corrupt bunch who are primarily psychopathic narcissists which care little about anyone but themselves. Their thrill in their crimes against people and the laws of the land and by getting away, in plain view, with these crimes and acts of moral depravity that others go to jail for. This is their thrill. They have no love for their associates and ‘friends’ as they are being used during moments when they are needed for their own benefit; to climb the ladders to success, amass power and prestige, and of course live a life that few could live without spending a life in jail.
What particularly struck me was the offense that Bill Donohue seems to take with ordinary, outraged Catholics as well as others in the media and other people who are not all that enamored with Catholicism in the first place. So it comes across as an apologia for the Catholic Church by pointing a finger at others and diminishing the number of crimes against our clerics including Bishops and Cardinals within the Church. It seems that he is setting up a convenient straw man defense as if these others are equivalent to the crisis at hand. It is not.
They all have one thing in common however and that is their practice of what the mafia calls omerta; the unwritten law of silence, that is practiced among all groups of psychopaths who rise to power, attempt to retain power, in order to promote those who obey and punish those who do not. When their usefulness is over and they are no longer relevant then it is OK to single them out and humiliate them. And should the person who is caught with his hand in the cookie jar retaliates, then all the forces of the clique of blackmailers will come down heavy upon them. Their legal fees and their pensions may be revoked and they will be shuffled off to jail or to seclusion depending on the information that they are willing to share with police and civil authorities. It can even cost a man his life if he breaks the code of silence.
It seems that Bill Donohue is having a hard time trying to convince Catholics who are angry and calling for justice that his argument is essentially the same. But this is the entire fallacy of his article. We know that these things go on in the underbelly of society but doesn’t Bill understand that the Catholic Church is supposed to be a beacon of moral relevance in this world? Does he understand how much worse it is for a successor to the Apostles who is supposed to care for the souls of the Church has a duty that far surpasses any group out in the world? We are supposed to be separate from the world and perhaps that is part of the problem. It seems that we are becoming more and more like the world? And when you fall from a place that is infinitely higher than the atheistic and hedonistic places of power in this world it makes a bigger splash and is far more tragic and meaningful.
Yes, the Catholic Church has been infiltrated by homosexuals, incontinent prelates, blackmailers, Communists, freemasons and others who are little better than organized crime. And it seems that omerta and the covering up of their crimes is standard operating procedure. It is a scandal, and we should all call it a scandal, for it is precisely what it is. No use in mincing words and no use in making excuses or saying that this group or that group is more filthy than we are. That just doesn’t cut it anymore. Are we the Mystical Body of Christ or not? Are we to be saving souls rather than killing the souls of our own and perhaps chasing them away from the Church for the rest of their lives. Do their souls count for more than your feeble excuse for their equivalency to other fallen groups like Hollywood? I would be ashamed to try to equate the two as a defense and as a way to silence the scandalized Catholics who are abused themselves by all of this. For this scandal puts a black mark on everyone who is a Catholic and drives those who were considering becoming Catholic to go elsewhere.
I’m sorry but when the Church practices omerta and operates like a gay mafia then we need to start a war to drive them from our midst. Homosexuality in the clergy is a large part of the cliques that have formed and it is also a large part of the malfeasance of the Church’s money and the state of the Vatican Bank as well. It is time to clean house. No excuses, no equivalencies and no pointing of fingers to the guy next to you. Lets point the finger at ourselves and get to work cleaning out the mess.
I rolled my eyes when I saw his remarks. The Catholic league has always struck me as political first and Catholic when needed. He attempted to paints this scandal as trivial and as you said here attempts to great an apologia. Sometimes your “team” is wrong there Bill and it’s better for the “team” to accept it.
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Yes, and sadly I couldn’t find the time or a way to tweet Barnhadt today. She also picked up on this. Did you know that Bill collects $500K per year (15% of their budget)? Amazing. Lately he has done nothing but aggravate me.
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Yes, sad state he is.
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Good brother Phil Donahoue is the poster boy of the catholic church…..deny deny deny. In yrs past when the CC was the ruling power,it didn’t have to deny…it just burned you to death for speaking out. From the beginning the popes and priests were themost vilemen darkeningour planet. But the faithful still held their prelates as gods embassadors. This attitude was voiced by Cathrine of Sienna, whos rotting skull is on display in Rome somewhere. She said that even if the pope were the devil himself, that catholics should rest their heads in his bosom, or on his bosom….something like that.In other words, forget how wicked the clergy is, just obey them and keep sending them your money and feeding them your flesh. Sadly, this is the prevailing attitude of catholics. Its been a tradition from the beginning.
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From the article: “No one from the media, and certainly no finger-pointing Catholic, will question why there is an award named after an accused child abuser.”
“In short, zero tolerance is only supposed to apply to the Catholic Church.”
“This, of course, means nothing to those Catholic purists who want massive probes of every diocese in the nation, and are now demanding that every bishop in the nation should step down. Why? Because of predatory priests long dead or long thrown out of the priesthood.”
The mentality behind this article highlights very institutional sickness that continues to enable the crisis and prevents us from moving forward. There will of course be sharp disagreements among us regarding the best ways to move forward, but so long as influential people in the Church continue propagating this nonsense mentality, innocents will continue to suffer and corruption will go on unchecked. Anybody who propagates and promotes this mentality is part of the problem.
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Indeed so.
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Furthermore, for Donahue to label Catholics as “purists” (a word intended obviously to convey negative connotations) who want more diocese to be investigated, is disingenuous at best. It isn’t Puritanism to call for the authorities to do what the bishops should have already been doing, in the interest of protecting the innocent within the Church from further predation. It pains me to have to resort to calling upon Caesar to do what Peter should have been doing, but it’s come down to that. And I seriously doubt anybody who knows me and knows my views on things, would ever think of me as a Catholic “purist” or rigorist, or whatever.
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Errant claptrap. No, not you, Scoop, Donahue. I haven’t seen the article and won’t bother.
The thing is, even if his claims are valid, which I doubt, exactly how is that if others are doing it, and secular others, at that, it is all right for the Church (any church for that matter) to go and do likewise. I was brought up to believe that the church was to address and attempt to curb sing, not indulge in it. Apples and Oranges.
We all know that man is fallen and given to sin, only the deluded fools of the left believe that can be cured in this world, that makes it a challenge, sometime we will progress, sometimes we won’t, but our mission is to try.
In sum two (or more) wrongs don’t make a right, and they especially do not give license to those who are pledged to do better, to become as dirty as the lowest.
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Yeah, I couldn’t believe it. The man is defending the indefensible by using a comparison between the Church and Hollywood. How stupid can you get?
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Very, it seems.
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Well, I have now read it, AND, it was exactly, word for word, what I was about to say before you so rudely admonished,reprimanded, scolded, reproved, upbraided, chastised, chided, berated, and criticized me for not putting your every word on my front burner 24/7! Great job, since it was stolen from me, I guess so. 🙂
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Wow, everyone should see this, both article and video: https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/george-neumayr-if-donald-wuerls-lips-are-moving-hes-lying
Please, I beg of you at least watch the video.
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Scoop, please put the above here in a separate post and on your blog.
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Latin:
1. Orbis factor rex aeterne, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
2. Pietatis fons immense, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
3. Noxas omnes nostras pelle, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
4. Christe qui lux es mundi dator vitae, eleison. Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
5. Arte laesos daemonis intuere, eleison. Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
6. Conservans te credentes confirmansque, eleison. Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
7. Deum scimus unum atque trinum esse, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
8. Patrem tuum teque flamen utrorumque, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
9. Clemens nobis adsis paraclite ut vivamus in te, eleison. Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
English:
1. Maker of the world, King eternal, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
2. O immense source of pity, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
3. Drive off all our evils, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
4. Christ who art the light of the world and giver of life, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us.
5. Consider the wounds produced by the devil’s art, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us.
6. Keeping and confirming thy believers, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us.
7. We know that God is one and three, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
8. Thou and thy Father, an equal light, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
9. Thou, merciful unto us, art present with the Holy Spirit that we might live in thee, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 20, ARSH 2018 by Ann Barnhardt.
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Thank you for sharing that, and the Latin to English translation. It’s been bookmarked into my ‘favorites’ folder for further listening.
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May do. I’m putting up the 3rd part on the murder of Fr. Kunz right now.
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You can’t because of the privacy settings on the video. So the link to the article is the only way to get to view the video.
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Read it. This one’s better: http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2018/08/did-vatican-ii-cause-mccarrick-and-pope.html
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Did last night. Error upon error.
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Ingrate!!!
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If I was an ingrate, I wouldn’t have paid for supper.
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Fred says that he got nothing. THANXALOT.
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