San Francisco activist dies at 91 after spending final night at the club Huntly Gordon, aka Pope Dementia the Last, was a businessman, journalist and gay rights advocate

San Francisco Chroncle ^ | May 11, 2026 | By Timothy Karoff

[artichokegrower]

Huntly Gordon, San Francisco’s unofficial pope, has died after falling in his apartment and hitting his head. Gordon, a businessman, activist and longtime member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, spent his last night out dancing at the club. He was 91 years old.

[artichokegrower]

In one 2003 performance, Gordon joined the Sisters in spoofing the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal, appearing in a cage “where he could just barely reach out to fondle our young acolyte,” according to the order’s website.

About the same time God created AIDS

[dfwgator]

This is the group the LA Dodgers honored.

[sushiman]

If that is the original article title it is poorly written .

” San Francisco activist dies at 91 after spending final night at the club Huntly Gordon “

Sounds to me like an activist died at a club called Huntley Gordon .

Better ; SF activist Huntley Gordon dies at 91 after spending final night at a club

[V_TWIN]

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence has a website.....from just viewing the homepage it doesn’t get much more blasphemous than this.

Nothing more than Genesis chapter 19 all over again

[null and void]

I think, maybe, we could forgo a picture of him?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Why even post this? That man was completely evil and now realizes he was wrong, finally.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Who was that British-looking fella that was wlking around constantly in his gray suit? 1970’s.

[Biblebelter]

If there is a silver lining, it appears he never procreated.

[Gay State Conservative]

Boy,did *he* get a surprise a few moments after his last breath!

[Opinionated Blowhard]

He was satirically pompous. He liked to make fun of people who had expensive taste and lived lavish lifestyles, although that is exactly who he was.

My God. What an epitaph. And this was a statement by a friend who probably thought it was a compliment. A life's work is summed up as making fun of people in a hypocritical way. What a shallow life.

[ConservativeMind]

Sick man, in all ways.

It sounds like he died, choking on it.

[AppyPappy]

In short, the pope of Virtue Signaling

[ronnie raygun]

seems ACTIVIST means above the law, above all those who have an opinion that doesnot conform to thiers, means Im above all those who dosagree with what I say and believe

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Same thought here. “Club Huntley Gordon” Figured it was a geriatric gay bathhouse.

[stevio]

Can’t say God didn’t give him enough time to turn his pathetic life around.

[No name given]

And now he’s reaping what he sowed in hades.

[captmar-vell]

“Woe unto them that draw along iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope; . .” - Isaiah 5:18

[OrangeHoof]

“Goodnight, Chet”...

[Donbue]

For his soul’s sake I hope he truly felt that way and expressed it to our Lord before that final moment.
Otherwise…..

[Nervous Tick]

Eternity’s gonna be fabulous for the blaspheming poofter, I’m guessing.