Friday, August 10, 2018

Rector of Boston's St. John's Seminary, Monsignor James P Moroney, to Go on Vacation

This afternoon, Cardinal O'Malley released a statement saying the rector of St John's seminary has been told to take an extended summer vacation for the Fall semester after two former seminarians posted on social media that they witnessed and experienced activities contrary to moral standards and formation to the Catholic priesthood.  Boston Catholic Insider has latest details.

Some of the appointees on Cardinal Sean's team are unknown to me, so I am reserving judgement on whether the outcome is rigged until after I do diligence.

I will say Bishop O'Connell has never come across to me as someone who has any desire to reach independent conclusions about internal corruption.   My nickname for him was "the sled dog".   I always had the feeling the archdiocese was loading up his sled and he was trying to sell the snake oil. 

Further, an extended summer vacation for the rector does not reflect the serious nature of the seduction, harrasment, persecution, obstruction and corruption at Catholic seminaries.

I'm hoping the willingness of seminarians to publicly speak about the filth and the related harassment of faithful men who refuse to go along with it, will help drain swamps at other seminaries across the US.

I think we are going to have to wait and see how it plays out.

Prior to this developing story, I had been giving prayerful reflection to next steps in draining the episcopal swamp.  I watched Cardinal DiNardo's recorded statement and tuned in to several of Cardinal Wuerl's guest appearances  on the crisis.   I also read bishop Barron's article.

With all due respect, they are out of their ever-loving minds.

The pattern emerging is apology tours, an investigation on what happened with McCarrick and developing more useless procedures on how to internally inform the chain of command who has never done anything but promote those who teach or practice sexual debauchery and abuse power.

We've been there/done that.  All we have for souvenirs is a basement full of patronizing letters from chanceries.

We have a very small window of opportunity to pull the rug out from under their 2018 sequel to the dog and pony show.

Please.  Let us dispense with the farce that we need an investigation on why McCarrick was given 50 years to abuse his power to conduct gay orgies.

We already know what happened. There is an endemic culture of homosexual sex in the priesthood and heirarchy that protects everyone in the club.   If you give any indication you have zero tolerance for using the Church as the Tinder for Catholic homosexuals, your vocation or family are targets for malicious conduct.     This dynamic has been in full throttle for 60 years, whether in a parish, a school, a seminary, CCD or any other apostolate in the Catholic Church.   In some dioceses , it is the operating culture.

Let us also face another sad reality:  There is no hope of cleaning house with a Holy Father who would promote and appoint a bishop who painted a homoerotic mural of himself and Christ  or surround himself with a Cardinal whose apartment is raided for gay orgies or pick a spokesperson for himself whose obsession is encouraging gays to have sex.     Catholics have informed him and begged for his help and his response has made crystal clear that his intentions are the promotion and enabling of the club.   The damages to trust are irreparable.

What is needed is an independent clearing house for allegations of every priest and bishop in every diocese whose pastoral ministry advocated gay sex, abused power, sexually harrassed or used intimidation tactics to against orthodox practicing Catholics.

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

Laity provides lists and an independent  team of orthodox Catholic lawyers and law enforcement officials trained in forensics conduct audits of their files. 

Boston Catholics tried reporting suspicious and bad conduct to Cardinal Sean for many years. 

When complaints began surfacing that one priest was only at the the parish weekends and was spending weekdays in Massachusetts gay sex hookup community of Provincetown, complainants were told by the Cardinal's staff that the Cardinal has "confidence" in this priest.

When complaints surfaced that another priest lived with his gay lover for years in the South End, you can guess what happened when Catholics called the chancery.  Nothing.

When another priest notorious for luring and confirming gays into mortal sin was simulating the Sacrament of marriage with a phony ritual, complainants were told the priest is the Cardinal's friend.

When a gay parishioner of a Boston Shrine wrote a tell-all book of sexual debauchery taking place within a Franciscan order and described (and even nicknamed) an archdiocesan priest's involvement in the sex club, you know what happened when Catholics called the chancery?   The same thing that happened when people complained about McCarrick.  Bupkis.

When problems with Church teaching had a foothold, Boston Catholics developed an independent infrastructure for reporting bad behaviors and promised anonymity. If the evidence was clear and verifiable, it was publicly reported.  That was the only effective way to avoid the hijacking of outcome and uprooting the corruption.  Perhaps the same structure is needed to manage the abuse of power.

In February, Cardinal Joseph Tobin made the mistake of publicly tweeting what he meant to be a private message.  "Nighty-nights baby.  I love you."    He offered the ludicrous explanation it was meant for his 65-year-old sister.  He got away with it.   Any team doing forensics needs to start with his phone records and his computer.   Reconstructing McCarrick's train accident is a complete waste of resources and hands bishops the outcome of useless procedures they never have and never will follow.

Frank Keating recently said the bishops had their chance 15 years ago to put meaningful reforms in place, they've proven they will not and the only thing left is complete exposure.     The right structure and the right people have to go into place, but my recommendation is an independent clearing house and forensic team.


21 comments:

  1. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT! Going to 'tweet' this if you don't mind. THIS is the best idea yet. We somehow have to get the ball rolling to disassemble the Anti Church, which is what the institutional CC has become.

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    1. Thanks TLM.

      It is time to cut to the chase!

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  2. Msgr. James P. Moroney, the seminary rector, is rumored to be awaiting appointment as a bishop because of his work as executive director of the now defunct Vatican Vox Clara Committee, which oversaw the English translation of the latest edition of the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum. He is rumored already to have bought his episcopal regalia. Some liturgical wits have called his work on the new English translation the “Moroney Missal” or, in Latin, “Missale Moronicum”!

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    1. Anon, very interesting!! I am assuming he was singled out because he is the responsible party charged with keeping the culture safe and the allegations demonstrate an epic failure of leadership. All I can say is, i hope he kept the receipt for the regailia!

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  3. The Bishop of Lafayette IN wrote a column on the latest sex abuse crisis that's widely circulated on social media and in print via Catholic New Service. The letter ends with...a prayer from The Concord Pastor blog. If that's who bishops are looking to for guidance...Don't know whether to laugh or cry...

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    1. What a strange coincidence!

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    2. In Concord Pastor's post on the seminary investigation, he insists he saw nothing untoward when he was in the seminary (back in the day) but that he's noted, with many others, that seminary training has gotten conservative since then, in a particular way.

      I think he's preparing to lay out a case that traditionalists are to blame for scandal.

      http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/2018/08/st-john-seminary-my-alma-mater.html

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  4. The ConcordPastor?

    What a kick in the pants to trust.

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  5. GREAT, GREAT, GREAT
    MAY GOD BLESS YOU
    This is a call to action to save the whole world, Christianity and especially Catholic Church.
    We ask every individual in the world for a prayers and any and all suport you can give us to built MORAL, ethical, loving, charitable and GODLY NEW WORLD ORDER ACCORDING TO GOD'S SACRED AND MOST HOLY HEART.
    ALL CARDINALS, BISHOPS, PRIESTS AND CLERGY MAKE PERSONAL PUBLIC WRITTEN STATEMENT WITH YOUR SIGNATURE AND WITNESSES THAT YOU ARE NOT AND NEVER WERE A HOMOSEXUAL, PRACTICED HOMOSEXUALITY, ABUSED MINORS AND ADULTS, STOLE THE MONEY FROM THE CHURCH, ETC. ETC. ETC. OTHERWISE RESIGN AND REPORT YOURSELF TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES. THIS IS A RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BEFORE ALMIGHTY GOD AND HIS PEOPLE
    WE THE PEOPLE
    GOOD FAITHFUL CATHOLICS TAKE OVER OF OUR MOTHER CHURCH
    THE BRIDE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
    THIS IS OUR DUTY AND MISSION
    GOD BE PRAISED
    OUR LADY OF AMERICA
    PRAY FOR US
    Check these WEBSITES please
    http://canon212.com
    https://traditionalcatholicsemerge.com
    https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/?m=1
    AFTER YOU GET INFORMED WITH REAL NEWS THAN GIVE US YOUR UPDATE. THANKS.
    CARDINAL O'MALLEY AND ALL HIS CABAL WITH POPE FRANCIS ARE NOT GOING TO REPENT AND AMEND THEIR WAYS. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING EVIL WHOLE THEIR LIVES. THEY WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR WICKED WAYS. EVEN IF SOME OF THEM WANTED THEY ARE ALL BLACKAMAILABLE. THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO RUN THE CHURCH OF THE CHRIST. WE HAVE LOT OF GOOD MEN, WOMEN AND SOME CLERGY THEY HAVE PERSECUTED AND MISTREATED TO TAKE OVER OUR CHURCH. DO NOT BE AFRAID. WE DO NOT NEED
    THESE CRIMINALS TO BE EVEN NEAR THE CHURCH, LAITY AND CHILDREN.
    THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT
    LET'S MAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH GREAT AGAIN
    LET'S ASK MR. TRUMP TO EXILE ALL THE ACUSED CLERGY OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE TO VATICAN TILL THEY FIGURE IT OUT AND TAKE CARE OF IT. FOR THEM TO SET THE TRIBUNALS AND GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO PROVE US THEIR
    " WISDOM AND GOODNESS".
    THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VATICAN STATE, CANNON LAW,
    JOBS, MISSION, SERVICE AND THE POOR. THEY CAN SUPPORT THEMSELVES. ZERO OF OUR MONEY FOR THEM.
    ZERO, ZERO, ZERO.
    THEY CAN BE BUSY THERE.
    THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS
    WE THE PEOPLE
    GOD BE PRAISED
    OUR LADY OF AMERICA PRAY FOR US

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    1. Things will get worse before they get better, I fear. Prayers.

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    2. INDEED THEY WILL!!! We are AT WAR with those ON THE INSIDE!!! May the Blessed Mother guide us, and the King of Kings say YES to provide us with an army of Angels!

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  7. Carol, please consider posting this column on the Archdiocese Facebook page. Cardinal Sean said he found out about sexual abuse in the seminary after two people posted about it on social media! Maybe he's like Obama and only learns about things when he reads about them in the news! Seriously, it might get more attention today than Boston Catholic Insider articles did in the past...

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    1. Does anyone read it?

      I’ll give it some prayerful thought. Thanks for your suggestion.

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  8. Please advise:

    A priest at my parish preaches heresy 3/4 of time from pulpit and confessional. In all likelihood he deliberately blew off hearing confessions last week to have free time. What should I do?

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    1. Anonymous, that’s disgusting. I would send a paper trail to the bishop giving specific examples of heresy. And then I would find yourself another parish where the priest is Catholic. Is it in Bosom? If so, who is it?

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  9. Thank you! Excellent summary, and it’s not only in Massachusetts. One thing that you said that struck me was that the bishops were very condescending and patronizing, and I think that really sums up their approach. And I think they still don’t get it. They don’t realize how seriously angry we are.

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    1. Elizabeth, you are so right. They don’t know how angry we are. They don’t get it!

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    2. Nor....do they understand how SERIOUSLY DONE with all this we are and how SERIOUSLY DETERMINED we are to take back the Church of Christ!!!!.....But......THEY WILL!!

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    3. If you think about the whole thing.....these deviants have basically 'hijacked' the Church of Christ....in a nutshell.

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  10. New website: TheBishopsKnew.com

    "The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will have its annual meeting in Baltimore November 12-15, 2018. The Silence Stops Now Coalition is committed to ending the culture of clerical silence that has enabled the sexual predation and destruction of lives for decades. To this end, we will be organizing the Silence Stops Now rally in Baltimore to demand an end to the silence, to insist on the resignation of those responsible, the prosecution of any criminal activity, and an independent investigation of the leadership of the Catholic Church in the United States."

    Sign up online to go and protest at the meeting.

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