Posted on 10/17/2018 6:10:24 AM PDT by Repent and Believe
Developments & Reactions
This post continues our coverage of the ongoing ecclesiastical Chernobyl unleashed by the accusations of the former Vatican nuncio to the United States, Abp. Carlo Viganò, which were first published on Aug. 25, 2018 and have the potential not only to bring an end to the Francis pontificate but even to throw the entire Vatican II Sect into unprecedented chaos:
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 Developments
After meeting with Francis, English Novus Ordo bishops say he is serene in this time of turmoil
In Poland a movie about Novus Ordo sex abuse sets box office record, surpasses Fifty Shades of Grey
New Canadian Novus Ordo abuse policies will not include a mechanism to censure a bishop who commits or covers up an offense
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 Developments
Vatican Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller confirms that Francis shut down an investigation into alleged sex abuse by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-OConnor
In Connecticut, a retired state judge will lead sex abuse investigation
In South Dakota, a Novus Ordo priest has been charged with sex abuse of a child under 16
Bp. James Johnston of Kansas City, Missouri, says we need new Church structures to address this problem of abuse
Michigan Attorney General conducts surprise raid on states seven Novus Ordo chanceries
Claimed abuse victim Thomas Emens sues 13 Novus Ordo dioceses, does not want money but just the truth
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 Developments
State of Florida launches state-wide criminal investigation against Vatican II Sect
At court hearing, Chilean Cardinal Riccardo Ezzati uses his right to remain silent
Bp. Richard Malone of Buffalo, New York, who is accused of reassigning homosexual predator priests, is being edited out of videos aimed at preventing sex abuse
Videos found in basement of Illinois church reportedly show Novus Ordo priests doing what sodomites do
Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 Developments
Florida dioceses show support for investigation of abuse at institutions statewide
Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 Developments
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, New York, says he is growing impatient with Francis inaction regarding a hoped-for McCarrick investigation
Vatican issues lackluster statement on McCarrick investigation (full statement text here)
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 Developments
Cardinal Marc Ouellet publishes scathing response to Abp. Carlo Maria Vigano
Statement from U.S. Novus Ordo bishops on steps to abuse prevention from Vatican
Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 Developments
Bishop Francisco Cox is latest Chilean cleric to face abuse charges
Cardinal Ouellets letter to Vigano confirms that sanctions had been imposed on Cardinal McCarrick
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, head of U.S. pretend-bishops, releases statement saying: I welcome the statement of October 6 from the Holy See which outlines additional steps Pope Francis is taking to ensure the faithful are protected from the evil of sexual assault
Abp. Charles Scicluna of Malta says people ought not to look to the youth synod for answers to the abuse crisis but wait for the February 2019 summit instead
Crux reports that Fr. John F. Harvey, founder of Courage, lobbied bishops to resist zero tolerance for abusers because he thought they could be healed
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 Developments
no noteworthy developments
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 Developments
A highly-placed Vatican source with direct knowledge says that Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio was present at Luigi Capozzis cocaine-sodomy party in the Vatican and that the Pope himself knows it
Church Militant reports that anti-Viganò forces in the Vatican are rigging the upcoming papal investigation into the McCarrick situation in an effort to shield the homosexual network in the Vatican by shifting as much blame as possible for McCarricks rise to power onto Pope St. [sic] John Paul II
A Fordham University student writes in support of Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano
Cardinal Sean OMalley of Boston, Massachusetts, wants the Vatican to investigate Buffalo diocese
Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 Developments
no noteworthy developments
Friday, Oct. 12, 2018 Developments
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., but tells him to stay on as administrator until a successor is appointed
Modernist Jesuit rag America publishes exclusive interview with Cardinal Wuerl
Cardinal Sean OMalley expands abuse investigation to all seminaries of archdiocese
Buffalo Bishop Robert Malone says its unfortunate Boston Cardinal Sean P. OMalley didnt contact the Diocese of Buffalo before forwarding complaints against the bishop to the popes representative to the United States
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 Developments
Francis laicizes Bishops Francisco Cox and Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez of Chile
The next scandal ready to blow? 25-Page dossier against new Vatican Substitute Secretary of State, known sodomite Abp. Edgar Peña Parra, has been emailed to select Vatican cardinals
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 Developments
no noteworthy developments
Reactions from select Blogs and Web Sites
Cruxs Elise Harris believes that Canadas Cardinal Ouellet holds key to answers in McCarrick saga
Attorney Elizabeth Yore says Viganòs verities hang like a black cloud over the Vatican
National Reviews Michael Brendan Dougherty makes the case against Pope Francis
Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter says Wuerl has been hounded from office for becoming face of abuse crisis
The Atlantics Rachel Donadio notes that Francis is still equivocating on the sex-abuse crisis
Novus Ordo theology professor Massimo Faggioli believes that the current crisis is the biggest since the Reformation
The New York Times opines that if the church is to make amends for the scars it has inflicted on thousands of its members, the pope must do a far better job
Cruxs John Allen presents a best of times, worst of times montage on abuse crisis
J. D. Flynn asks if Vatican officials see the abuse crisis as a referendum on Francis
Peter Smith of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wuerls turn of fate
At The Catholic World Report, Christopher Altieri says Francis promised thorough study of the McCarrick case is too little, too late
At The Catholic World Report, Christopher Altieri says Cardinal Ouellets letter forceful, but does not provide substantial refutation
Fr. Kenneth Wolfe comments on the Wuerl retirement party
Phil Lawler has a scathing rebuke for Cardinal Ouellet
A blogger points out that Ouellets defense of Francis ends up lending credibility to Vigano by mistake
La Croixs Robert Mickens surmises that Cardinal Ouellet is trying to position himself as a compromise candidate in the next conclave
Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille analyzes the Canadian Novus Ordo bishops new document on sex abuse
Vaticanist Sandro Magister notes that Francis is betting on all the wrong people to reform his sect
Novus Ordo canon lawyer asks: What have we learned about the McCarrick case?
Investigative journalist George Neumayr predicts that the Popes glowing words wont save Wuerl. He will end his days in disgrace
Dr. Joseph Shaw writes that Francis letter dismissing Wuerl sounds like a letter written by a political leader forced to sack an underling very much against his will
Blogger Mark Lambert reflects on Cardinal Ouellets Role in Vatican Soap Opera
Related Stories
In the U.S. confidence in Francis drops sharply
New Church Transparency web site tracks which Novus Ordo bishops support, oppose investigation of Vigano claims
George Neumayr reports on the day of reckoning for Monsignor [Walter] Rossi and the hierarchy
In case it matters, it is perhaps good to remember that Cardinal Marc Ouellets brother has sex-abuse convictions (story from 2013)
Prior Days Coverage
Days 1-3 (Aug. 25-27) Day 4 (Aug. 28) Day 5 (Aug. 29) Day 6 (Aug. 30) Day 7 (Aug. 31) Day 8 (Sep. 1) Day 9 (Sep. 2) Day 10 (Sep. 3) Day 11 (Sep. 4) Day 12 (Sep. 5) Day 13 (Sep. 6) Day 14 (Sep. 7) Day 15 (Sep. 8) Day 16 (Sep. 9) Day 17 (Sep. 10) Day 18 (Sep. 11) Day 19 (Sep. 12) Day 20 (Sep. 13) Days 21-25 (Sep. 14-18) Days 26-31 (Sep. 19-24) Days 32-38 (Sep. 25-Oct. 1)
EWTNs The World Over with Raymond Arroyo of Oct. 4, 2018, with an extensive interview of Cardinal Gerhard Muller:
EWTNs The World Over with Raymond Arroyo of Oct. 11, 2018, with a discussion of Cardinal Ouellets letter to Vigano:
Fr. William Jenkins, SSPV, comments on Cardinal Ouellets Open Letter to Abp. Vigano:
The next meltdown digest will be posted in approximately a week. Any major new development will be covered in its own blog post as the story breaks.
Remember the "Who am I to judge?" remark?
H-m-m-m-m. Was that an attempt to use the bully pulpit of (literally fake) Pope to brainwash the "faithful" into numbness to the Sodomy and perversion so that was it hits the world news cycle, people will be all more helpless to defend against it all and understand it for what it really is: despicable?
("If HE cannot judge, then how can I?")
It's beginning to all make sense.
OK, I’m the Protestant in the family, so, “Who am I to judge?” But I don’t see any changes coming out of Rome in the near future. It appears the key “villains” in the story had enough strength to get one of their own installed as putative Pope. Now he has been there long enough to “embed” his own in even more key positions of power.
In today’s historical context, I don’t even see enough opposition strength to have another Avignon. Or however you would pronounce the city in Poland where it would have to be set up. I pray for the Church, even if I’m not part of it.
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