Posted on 07/21/2021 4:56:09 PM PDT by RandFan
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) top administrative official has resigned after the organization became aware of allegations that the priest had visited gay bars and used the hook-up app Grindr.
The USCCB said in a statement first shared by the National Catholic Reporter that it had accepted the resignation of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, who has served as the group’s general secretary since last fall.
Archbishop José Gomez, the USCCB’s president, said in a Tuesday memo to all bishops that it was “with sadness” that Burrill had stepped down from his role, adding that the conference was notified Monday of “impending media reports alleging possible improper behavior.”
USCCB spokeswoman Chieko Noguchi told The Washington Post on Tuesday that it was Burrill’s decision to resign and that the conference was notified of the allegations by Catholic news site The Pillar.
The Pillar wrote in a Tuesday article that Burrill, a priest from the La Crosse, Wis., diocese, “visited gay bars and private residences while using a location-based hookup app in numerous cities from 2018 to 2020, even while traveling on assignment for the U.S. bishops’ conference.”
As a priest, Burrill had taken a vow of celibacy, and the Catholic church’s doctrine specifically considers sexual activity outside of heterosexual marriages a sin. Burrill has not responded to reports on the allegations.
Gomez added in his memo to fellow bishops that the USCCB “takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and will pursue all appropriate steps to address them.”
“I ask for your prayers for Monsignor, and for the Conference staff during this difficult time,” he added. “We also pray that all those affected might find strength and comfort in our merciful Lord.”
When reached for comment, Noguchi told The Hill that the USCCB was "first approached about a meeting last week but we were not provided details such as the name of the individual this pertained to, or the nature of the information that was going to be presented to us."
"It was not until Monday that we were given the name of the individual and information alleging inappropriate behavior," she added.
A spokeswoman for Grindr told the Post that The Pillar’s story was “homophobic,” adding that its data could not be publicly accessed, as the Catholic news outlet had reported.
“The alleged activities listed in that unattributed blog post are infeasible from a technical standpoint and incredibly unlikely to occur,” the spokeswoman said. “There is absolutely no evidence supporting the allegations of improper data collection or usage related to the Grindr app as purported.”
Well at least it’s with adult men, so there’s that.
Or after his shenanigans became public?
Here’s the story
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/pillar-investigates-usccb-gen-sec
Ordained in ‘98—professor and spiritual director at the NAC from 2009-2013
Drain the swamp—or fill it with millstones.
> Archbishop José Gomez, the USCCB’s president, said in a Tuesday memo to all bishops that it was “with sadness” that Burrill had stepped down from his role... <
Archbishop Gomez is probably sad only because the monsignor got caught.
I’m guessing some gay partner was blackmailing him, the Msgr decided to stop payments, and the guy did a tell-all. They used the phone data to confirm the story.
He was ordained in LaCrosse, WI, which in those days had now-Cardinal Burke as its Bishop. Burke is an excellent cardinal who has been punished by Francis for his virtues. He was never known to move around/hide perverts of that sort.
Precisely. Covered here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5_1Lz1ldZc
Deep Church as bad or worse than the Deep State.
Yes, but Burke only took over at the very end of ‘94—this guy would have been in second theology or so at the time. Burke’s predecessor was a late Paul VI appointee.
I’m so confused now. Is it okay to get my toes painted or not?
Does the color matter or should I just tell everyone I love the movie Tombstone?
Sodomites are intrinsically disordered.
I had the pleasure of knowing Malachi. I think about him often.
Honestly, this story isn’t about another Catholic priest buggering men. It’s about how the journalists pieced it together and that story is TERRIFYING.
Hotair has more on it here...
...but the long story short is the journalist used a 3rd-party data broker to piece together this priests movements of the last TWO_or MORE YEARS simply by tracking his advertising IDs used by most ad-supported aps. Yeah, they can do that. And no, it doesn’t matter if you’ve disabled ‘location services.’ That’s not how this works.
If Congress weren’t so busy selling the country to the Chinese, they’d do something about this. But, they don’t care about your privacy, just theirs.
Don't be so sure. There are a lot of "kids" (minors) on Grindr.
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