Posted on 07/07/2004 5:17:25 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
Presidential Candidate John Kerry charged in Catholic Court for Abortion Stand BOSTON, July 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Catholic canon lawyer has filed suit with the Archdiocese of Boston, charging John Kerry with causing a "most serious scandal to the American public," for continuing to take Communion while being an active proponent of the grave sin of abortion.
Marc Balestrieri, a Canon lawyer and Associate Judge for the Los Angeles archdiocese tribunal, launched the suit June 14, which was released to the public on Sunday.
"Heresy is a public, ecclesiastical crime," Balestrieri told the Washington Times. "It affects entire communities. It is one of the greatest sins you can commit."
The ultimate result of a heresy charge, if entertained by the Boston archdiocese, would be excommunication from the Church. "My goal is his repentance, not excommunication," Balestrieri said. He is not suing for financial damages.
A Catholic layman can lawfully bring charges against a fellow layman, according to Rev. Arthur Espelage, executive coordinator for the Canon Law Society in Alexandria. "I have never heard of a case like this being processed before," he said.
If the Boston archdiocese rejects the charges, Balestrieri can appeal directly to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome. "I'd suspect there will be communication between the [Boston] Archdiocese and the Holy See on this," Rev. Espelage said.
"The Criminal Complaint alleges that US Senator John F. Kerry, as a baptized Catholic, has committed a court-martial offense under Canon Law by professing the Right-to-Murder heresy, commonly known as the 'Right to Choose' doctrine," Balestrieri's web-site describes. De fide, the name given to the organization behind Balestrieri's action, "aims to stop the monumental scandal which has been ongoing for the past thirty-one years of baptized Catholic politicians claiming to be Christian while professing the life-threatening Right-to-Murder heresy."
Balestrieri added the additional charge that John Kerry's stance does harm to himself, because canon law entitles that Catholics possess "the faith unharmed." "By spreading heresy, he is endangering not just mine but every Catholic's possession of the faith," Balestrieri said. "I am inviting all baptized Catholics who feel injured by Kerry to join the suit as third parties."
"People are saying you can be pro-choice and be a good Christian, that it is not contrary to the faith to support aborted murder," he said. "This is a life-threatening heresy."
Read the complaint: http://www.defide.com/
Join the Class-Action Lawsuit: http://www.defide.com/join.html
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It's shame there are no longer any real Irish Catholics anymore. In the old days, they would have dry-saved a souper bald and tarred and feathered him.
Remember, John Kerry is a lawyer. He declared Sunday he agrees 100% with the Church on this issue. He is playing Clintonesque games with the Church, probably with the help of certain clerics and hierarchs we could all probably name. Since this case originated in the Temple of Doom, I smell a setup. Charge, public recantation, case decided in FAVOR of John Kerry, on to the White House!!!!
As I suggested earlier about Kerry:
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Or maybe even nuttier. He actually believes what he is saying. He is personally opposed to abortion. He understands this in Clintonesque fashion - (he, John Kerry, must never have one to conform with Catholic teaching). However, he thinks American women should be able to have abortions. And that to promote their having abortions does not violate Catholic teaching because he, John Kerry, (like Clinton's deponent in the "what is sex" debate) is not having the abortion. Maybe Fr. Drinan cooked up this weasle logic.
Do you think these "Nuns of the West" are joining us in prayer for an end to abortion?
http://www.urbandharma.org/images/NunsoftheWest/31_JPG.html
I doubt it; their soul sisters/brothers, the Buddhists, are divided on the abortion issue, just as the Amchurch bishops and cardinals are.
I love that "right to murder" heresy. I'm going to use that LOL
Fr. Drinian is one of his advisors. You may remeber that name from a few years back. HE is a Jesuit who was a pro-abortion member of Congress in the 80's I think.
Oops. That was already pointed out. Sorry.
"HE is a Jesuit who was a pro-abortion member of Congress"
Given current circumstances, this fellow is probably considered a conservative in the Jesuit order.
Even in "Catholic" Ireland, the Jesuits have gone far south...
http://www.jesuit.ie/main/
Although I had been warned by those in the know
http://www.christianorder.com/features/features_2003/features_dec03_bonus_1.html
it wasn't until a recent visit there that I finally awoke to the reality of the full-scale apostasy in Ireland (just like everywhere else in the world - including Rome).
My Irish Catholic grandfather proudly told me how up until the late 1960s greater than 90% of the population of major towns (including Dublin) attended Mass every Sunday.
Fortunately, he's not around today (God rest his soul), now that weekly Mass attendance is less than 10% in most Irish dioceses - and probably some of these so-called "Masses" are invalid anyway.
On a visit to an old traditionalist priest at a home for retired priests in Cork, we were shocked to be met by a very "alternative" looking man (bilateral flamboyant ear-rings, dyed/permed hair, wearing tight shorts etc) who we presumed to be the receptionist of this supposedly Catholic institution". Imagine our horror, when we learned as he showed us around, that he wasn't the receptionist, but a priest - and the superior of the order, no less. Naturally I thought he was joking, but our old traditionalist priest friend confirmed the sad reality. Who knows, by now (and it's only been a few months) that superior is probably a bishop - on his way to the sacred college of cardinals.
I did, and urge others to do the same.
"The Criminal Complaint alleges that US Senator John F. Kerry, as a baptized Catholic, has committed a court-martial offense under Canon Law by professing the Right-to-Murder heresy, commonly known as the 'Right to Choose' doctrine," Balestrieri's web-site describes. De fide, the name given to the organization behind Balestrieri's action, "aims to stop the monumental scandal which has been ongoing for the past thirty-one years of baptized Catholic politicians claiming to be Christian while professing the life-threatening Right-to-Murder heresy."
Well said. "Right-to-Murder heresy" it is.
There's a first time for everything.
That's depressing as hell.
Hooray! I'm thrilled to see this happen!
I wish we could do this lawsuit with Mormons. I get so tired of them claiming to be a "Church of Jesus Christ." All agree they redefine every Christian term, and have a different Jesus and a different Gospel,and God is one god among many. Why can't I file against them like this? They're slandering, lying, deceiving. I'm sure alot of their members don't understand their history, nor how their doctrines truly are contrary from Christianity.
Back to this post...the defide site doesn't explain clear enough to me: it says the 'unbaptized' can file...that means nonchristians? And Protestants can join in the lawsuit? Wait til they hear!
I am not a Catholic, nor am I a religious individual. I do, however, recognize the value of churches to our society and, in particular, the positive impact of the Catholic church upon western civilization. I hope that this lawsuit goes away quickly and quietly. I would hope that the church chooses to focus on licking its wounds from recent events resulting from a handful of pedophiles who betrayed the trust of their church and congregations. That would be in the church's best interests - rather than getting involved in further ugliness that will ultimately accomplish nothing. Two things taint everything that they touch - politics and lawyers. Suing Kerry will only further politicize the in-house business of the church and, regardless of the outcome, have no effect upon Kerry or his campaign.
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