Posted on 11/30/2018 10:25:33 AM PST by ebb tide
Who is going to believe you? It is the devils taunt, according to exorcist, Father Gary Thomas. It is a message to silence sexual abuse victims. And we have learned that same message silenced or impeded the truth of the sexual scandal in the Church from getting out for so long.
Fr. Gary Thomas is the exorcist for the Diocese of San Jose, California. His training in Rome was the subject of the 2010 book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist by Matt Baglio. Hollywood made it into a movie in 2011 starring Anthony Hopkins.
I recently interviewed Father Thomas for an article about horror movies, although he pointed out that The Rite is really about faith. Although there are horrific scenes in it, he explained that spiritual warfare between the devil and God is very real and it can get scary as it plays out through humanity. It seems that all conversations lead to Rome these days, and that is where ours eventually went to the real-life horror story within the Church.
Catholics know that the devil seeks our destruction and is forever looking for openings to destroy Gods Church and harm souls. The sex abuse scandal reveals that he found hospitality among those who should have turned him out.
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
Father Thomas encouraged Catholics to be strong and be prepared to persevere. We are in for a long storm, he said. The clouds are just starting. However, our primary concern must be the victims who have been violated and firmly and without doubt prevent new victimizations from taking place in the future. There can be no tolerance for sexual misconduct perpetrated by clergy or lay people within the Church now or ever again.
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... our primary concern must be the victims who have been violated and firmly and without doubt prevent new victimizations from taking place in the future.
There can be no tolerance for sexual misconduct perpetrated by clergy or lay people within the Church now or ever again.
Finally ...
We must always be on guard for satan looking for an opening in our lives. I’ve found that satan is a trickster and uses Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” techniques against us.
If he can create dissention and fighting within us or between us, that will be his first method utilized... Good old temptation, followed by jealousy, pride, anger, lust, greed, gluttony, and finally laziness.
Battling satan should purify our belief and make it stronger, not cause us to discard it.
Of course the problem with “no tolerance” is that the Pope and his bishops have nothing but tolerance.
Yeah, ‘tolerance’ for evil...
So does he use the Old Rite of Exorcism or does he use the new, post-Vatican II rite?
Given I am Catholic I don’t understand why my post was deleted and have sent a pm to the rm.
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