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Biden inauguration priest under investigation for unspecified allegations in NorCal
ktla ^ | Mar 19, 2021 / 10:33 AM PDT

Posted on 03/19/2021 11:45:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Jesuit priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden is under investigation for unspecified allegations and is on leave from his position as president of Santa Clara University in Northern California, according to a statement from the college’s board of trustees.

Rev. Kevin O’Brien allegedly “exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries,”

O’Brien gave the service at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle...for Biden...as well as ... Kamala Harris, their families and elected officials before the inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.

O’Brien also presided over services for Biden’s inaugurations as vice president.

The priest has known Biden’s family for about 15 years, according to the university. O’Brien was then serving at Georgetown University, another Jesuit college. O’Brien has been president of Santa Clara University since July 2019.

Sobrato’s statement, posted Monday to the university’s website, did not specify the allegations against O’Brien but said the trustees “support those who came forward to share their accounts.”

Sobrato said that while O’Brien is on leave, the priest will be cooperating with the independent investigation...

O’Brien joined the Society of Jesus in 1996, according to the university, and was ordained to the priesthood in 2006.

Located in Silicon Valley, the Jesuit institution has an annual undergraduate enrollment of roughly 5,500 students... and counts California Govs. Gavin Newsom and >b?Jerry Brown among its alumni.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: allegations; andagain; biden; inauguration; priest

1 posted on 03/19/2021 11:45:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

In the classic first version of Bedazzled, the character played by Dudley Moore watched one bad thing after another done to annoy and cause anger or swearing from everyday victims of Satan.
Finally he watched from the window as a man of the cloth walked by below, unharmed.
“Hey. Why didn’t you do anything bad to that Vicar down there?”
Satan: “Oh, him? He’s one of ours.”


3 posted on 03/19/2021 11:51:14 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: BenLurkin

Birds of a Feather


4 posted on 03/19/2021 11:51:16 AM PDT by griswold3
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To: BenLurkin

Biden: If only they allowed women to be priests I’d sniff his hair.


5 posted on 03/19/2021 11:52:01 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: BenLurkin

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6 posted on 03/19/2021 11:55:58 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: BenLurkin

More Jesuit faggotry!


7 posted on 03/19/2021 11:56:22 AM PDT by Loyalist (America: welcome to your Brezhnev years!)
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To: BenLurkin
". . . exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries . . .”

What does that language mean?

8 posted on 03/19/2021 12:00:52 PM PDT by jonrick46 ( Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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“When he was accused of waylaying the family and killing them all, mother, father, children, and dog, the Jesuit answered ‘you lie, for I killed them it’s true, but I spared the dog.’”


9 posted on 03/19/2021 12:05:51 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: BenLurkin

Rev. Kevin O’Brien allegedly “exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries,”

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With obfuscation like that it must have been VERY inconsistent. Whatever went on has to be really bad.


10 posted on 03/19/2021 12:10:56 PM PDT by Starboard
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I’m thinking he might have blurted out something the Jesuits must have found offensive. Like “God Bless America.”


11 posted on 03/19/2021 12:16:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Haha! That’s a good one. I actually laughed out loud.

Thanks for the witty reply. :)


12 posted on 03/19/2021 12:19:02 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: BenLurkin

There is an obvious reason why they will not tell us what Father O’Brien had said that was objectionable. It was likely offensive to the Jesuits because it was probably in line with Catholic tradition. Why are they not investigating Father James Martin for his trying to push homosexuality on the Catholic Church?


13 posted on 03/19/2021 12:46:33 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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counts California Govs. Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown among its alumni.

all dem fake Catholics and baby killers.


14 posted on 03/19/2021 1:12:59 PM PDT by allwrong57
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I suppose Biden specifically requested a pedophile priest. Wanted someone who understood him.


15 posted on 03/19/2021 1:51:46 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Starboard
consisting primarily of conversations
16 posted on 03/20/2021 9:21:28 AM PDT by ladyjane
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