Posted on 06/05/2023 4:38:31 PM PDT by ebb tide
Open Letter to Bishop Michael Olson on the case of Carmelite nuns of the Most Holy Trinity and its Reverend Mother
Your Excellency: You have repeatedly and publicly accused the Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of violating her vow of chastity with a priest. What is the specific allegation you have found the Reverend Mother guilty of? Because you have defamed Mother Superior publicly now on multiple occasions, please do provide the specifics.
What specific proof do you have to substantiate your unilateral decision to find her guilty and dismiss her from the Order of Carmelite Nuns? You cite Canon 695 as your rationale. Was the crime so heinous that the Reverend Mother could not be amended or restored?
Michael Podhajsky is the canon lawyer handpicked by you after your rejection of four Church canonical representatives of her choice to represent her canonical rights as a Catholic.
Does Podhajsky even know what the allegation, crime or sin is that she is being accused of? If not, then how could he possibly provide any type of defense for the Reverend Mother?
But that was never truly your intention for her to have an objective canonical representative of her choice, was it Your Excellency?
If the investigation for which the sisters were never properly advised was a true investigation and is truly concluded, then why do you remain in control of the Reverend Mother’s and the monastery’s private personal and financial information and refuse to return it to her? If the investigation is over, then why are you still punishing the lay faithful by continuing to withhold Mass and keeping the monastery closed to them?
Finally, dear Bishop, from whom did you receive a report on April of 2023 that led to your investigation? And perhaps you might also be gracious enough to tell us all how was that report obtained?
Will you, dear Bishop, father and pastor of the flock of 1 million Catholics in the Diocese of Fort Worth, in a spirit of transparency and truth resembling our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his apostles from whom you derive your authority, answer these questions?
Or will you instead cling to earthly goods and continue to defame the Reverend Mother publicly, maintain control over her life with your little tittle rules of men such as when and where she can walk and to whom and when she may speak?
Will you maintain control over her only true earthly possessions such as hers and the monastery’s private, personal, medical and financial information? Does this information provide you access to a donor’s list of Catholics who have substantial earthly means?
Is this example the spirit of Pentecost? Is it the spirit that Jesus Christ left when he ascended into heaven who he promised to his apostles from whom you are ordered?
The Reverend Mothers’ canon lawyers are confident that this entire process is null and void.
And regardless of the canonical process, Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes remains steadfast in her trust in the state of Texas justice system and its laws that protect the rights of all of its citizens including a cloistered nun of 25 years who entered the monastery following her graduation from Ursuline Academy in Dallas.
She is hopeful and confident that the civil law will protect her from your outrageous and illegal actions taken over the past several weeks.
Ping
If people were to look into the Fort Worth diocese and ask why one priest with a certain sur name recently replaced another priest with the exact same sur name for the second time, they would uncover a huge scandal in that diocese.
Hint, hint.
bttt
Father James Flynn shows up Sunday for 7:30 Sunday Mass with body guard in violation of Bishop’s decree against allowing laity to attend
Why does Olson's chosen priest need a body guard to offer Mass in a Carmelite monastery?
Are the good Carmelite nuns also on the FBI's "trad" watch-list?
I cannot believe they did this! Puh-lease! This whole debacle gets more and more ludicrous as time goes by. Jesus, Mercy
Of course, these are the same ones who closed the Churches in 2020 because of fear, all the while forgetting what it means to be a follower of Christ to begin with: âÂÂlaying down your life for your fellow manâÂÂâ¦.âÂÂPerfect Love casteth out all FEARâÂÂâ¦need I go on?
SMHâ¦
According the practice of His Excellency, not reporting a grave matter immediately to the bishop/Church authorities, and instead trying to follow what you believe to be the most charitable thing to do, is the only way Bishop Olson thinks it should be done.
Please read the information about a Father Richard Kirkham, a Priest forever in the Line of Melchizedek, and what happened to him in 2018, that is included in the bio.
Jesus, have MERCY on Us, and on our Shepherds! Please give us Holy and Humble Shepherdsâ¦
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fors_Olson. (Not a fan of Wikipedia, but still an easy source to check)
According the practice of His Excellency, not reporting a grave matter immediately to the bishop/Church authorities, and instead trying to follow what you believe to be the most charitable thing to do, is the only way Bishop Olson thinks it should be done.
Please read the information about a Father Richard Kirkham, a Priest forever in the Line of Melchizedek, and what happened to him in 2018, that is included in the bio.
Jesus, have MERCY on Us, and on our Shepherds! Please give us Holy and Humble Shepherdsâ¦
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fors_Olson. (Not a fan of Wikipedia, but still an easy source to check)
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