tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post143541707529966186..comments2024-03-28T03:35:07.707-04:00Comments on The Journey of a Bishop: "Sad News" - The Guardian Angels - Mass at Our Lady of the Visitation Parish, South GloucesterArchbishop Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14230861090789668276noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post-39696102042110417212009-10-05T20:03:43.426-04:002009-10-05T20:03:43.426-04:00I do believe that the Hierarchy is totally
respons...I do believe that the Hierarchy is totally<br />responsible for the Demise of our Church<br />These men are not Priests they are pedophile's<br />in Priests Clothing and they should have been<br />exposed a long time ago, There is a lot of good<br />men carrying the cross for these people, <br />This might be why we are short of new priests<br />I think It's time to clean houseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post-27075075315274657252009-10-04T12:42:28.005-04:002009-10-04T12:42:28.005-04:00Rick, of course I was not referring to matters dis...Rick, of course I was not referring to matters disclosed in the confessional, but learned outside of the confessional. In fact, when a bishop learns of such criminal activity, the errant priest (or now, even bishop) should not be permitted to avail himself of the confessional for the purpose of escaping criminal justice, and this goes for both the criminal and higher church officials who, apparently, have been harbouring and shielding such people, and not only in Canada. This not a time for despair and breast beating, but for vigorous action. Regular, intensive, mandatory "positive vettings" (including professional lie detector tests administered by an outside agency) of present incumbents would go a long way. Not even so much in the interest of the offenders, but the larger interest of the Church itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post-56577615363175571762009-10-04T11:41:38.378-04:002009-10-04T11:41:38.378-04:00Concerning Bishop Lahey, What has happened is a ho...Concerning Bishop Lahey, What has happened is a horrible crime to the the victims and sad time for the church. However, it is also not a time to lose faith and not to go into despair. The only thing that will end this crisis is prayer (especially in front of the blessed sacrament)for priest so that they do not fall into Satan's temptations and especically prayers for the vicitms. Without prayer an reparation of sins to our Lord there will be no change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post-88089218564701908232009-10-04T09:50:41.731-04:002009-10-04T09:50:41.731-04:00The last comment raised the question of why crimin...The last comment raised the question of why criminal actions are not reported to the police. When a priest learns of a sin during confession, they are strictly forbidden from telling anyone else about it. I imagine there's an ancient legal precedent throughout Christiandom sheltering the clergy from being prosecuted as accomplices. The authorities must have decided long ago that it's better to have guaranteed discretion in the confessional than another source of testimony during trials.rjlorenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03130598788753847610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post-488650334346547182009-10-03T19:57:33.825-04:002009-10-03T19:57:33.825-04:00Bishop Lahey must have been promoted to the episco...Bishop Lahey must have been promoted to the episcopate on your watch in Halifax. One wonders how thorough the vetting of such appointees has been. One newspaper report alleges (and I repeat, alleges) that as long ago as 1980 the police were informed of the presence of pornographic material in the bishop's home. If there is any truth in the story, the question is whether the Church was aware of it when Lahey was elevated. In the western world's spy agencies all incumbent officers are regularly subjected to intensive positive vetting procedures, including lie detection tests. Should the Church not have a similar system, in everybody's interest? Otherwise these kinds of scandals, pertaining to present incumbents, are going to continue to surface, for years to come, costing the church hundreds of millions if not several billions of dollars, and this is in fact the least of the problem. Also, I cannot understand why bishops who become aware of criminal actions among the clergy, are not constrained to immediately report the situation to the civil authorities, and why, if such people have been sheltered, those bishops are not also criminally prosecuted as accomplices after the fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post-61246891734379749352009-10-02T16:28:10.140-04:002009-10-02T16:28:10.140-04:00Sad New For Catholics? If you wish to shed tears, ...Sad New For Catholics? If you wish to shed tears, shed them for the children who have been forced to live their young lives as internet sexual slaves so that scum like Bishop Lahey could satisify their perverted desires in darkened rooms, lit only by the dim light of their computer screens.<br />I have been a Roman Catholic for 63 Years, but I am sick of this continued Criminally Depraved Indifference to the sufferings, sexual butchery and sexual slavery of children. I don't feel sorry for Lahey and others like him. He is not a child. He knew that what he was doing was not only criminally wrong, but also Sacriligous in the Sad And Sorrowful Eyes of Our Crucified Lord.<br />PLEASE, Stop Making These Perverted, Unworthy Men of Our Church Out To be The Victims Of Their Own Weaknesses. Stand For The Rights And Dignity of Children!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3342510778963202601.post-16616159090820316982009-10-02T10:43:42.986-04:002009-10-02T10:43:42.986-04:00Your Grace - thank you for your support! Your witn...Your Grace - thank you for your support! Your witness of faith is a blessing and God uses it to help us focus on the reality of good shepherds in our Church and your words to direct us in continued prayer.<br />PeaceSr. Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15778274272745967403noreply@blogger.com