Infiltration of the Catholic Church? Testimony of Ex-Communist Bella Dodd ...

Clerical abuse against children, charges of Mafia-style cover-ups, and the destruction of Catholic moral teaching are tearing at the Catholic Church, and turning the 2,000 year-old faith into fodder for lowbrow comedy.

An affidavit recently obtained by INA Today attributes the Catholic Church's present state of collapse to a calculated attack beginning decades ago, with initial successes appearing in the 1960s.

The affidavit affirms that Communist Party organizer and high Party official, Bella Dodd, made public statements during the decade of the 1960s declaring that the Catholic priesthood was infiltrated by numerous Communist agents, whose mission was "to destroy the Catholic Church from within."

Dodd later returned to the Catholic Church and published a book about her experiences, entitled School of Darkness (out of print at present).

"In the late 1920's and 1930's, directives were sent from Moscow to all Communist Party organizations. In order to destroy the Catholic Church from within, party members were to be planted in seminaries and within diocesan organizations," Dodd stated according to the affidavit.

Dodd did not include these remarks concerning her activities directed against the Catholic Church in her book, which was first published in 1954, leading some to question whether the remarks were actually made.

In an exclusive interview with INA Today, Catholic philosopher Dr. Alice von Hildebrand confirmed that Dodd had made the remarks, and provided the affidavit from Paul and Johnine Leininger, who witnessed Dodd making the public statements.

When contacted by INA Today, Mrs. Johnine Leininger stated that there were others who could also verify that Dodd made the statements regarding infiltration into Catholic seminaries.

Dr. von Hildebrand told INA Today that Dodd had earlier refrained from detailing Communist efforts to undermine the Catholic priesthood at the request of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, the individual responsible for bringing Dodd back into the Church.

Dodd's infiltrators would have reached their highest positions of power and influence in the early to mid-60's, the period which saw the initial eruption of doctrinal and moral collapse within the Catholic Church during and immediately following the Second Vatican Council.

The process of Communist infiltration into Catholic seminaries, which Dodd described in her public talks, would have been part of a larger plan called "Outstretched Hand."

Communist Party archives in Moscow confirm the existence of operation "Outstretched Hand," and define its goals, according to Herbert Romerstein, author of the seminal work on Soviet espionage in the United States before, during, and after WWII, "The Venona Secrets."

At least one Soviet agent directly involved in "Outstretched Hand" is identifiable.

One document in Moscow's Soviet archives reveals that the Communist Party had infiltrated several influential Catholic organizations, including the Holy Name Society, the largest parish-oriented Catholic men's group, which is devoted to increasing reverence for the name of God and to good works in the Church and in society in general. A Holy Name Society chapter exists in almost every Catholic parish in the U.S.

The same document acknowledged the existence of a certain "Party comrade," who was "well known" in "conservative Irish Catholic circles" and who held offices "in various Catholic organizations…"

The "Party comrade" operated in a key parish which provided "leadership" and shaped "the policies of most of the reactionary and anti-Communist campaigns that are now developing in the Catholic world," according to the Soviet file.

Romerstein also recounts in The Venona Secrets that the staff of the Catholic anti-Communist publication entitled Wisdom, produced by a priest of the Paulist order, was infiltrated, and unknowingly employed two Communist agents in influential positions.

The Party boasted that one of their agents was "widely known to be a conservative in Irish circles," and was a staff correspondent for Wisdom. Romerstein identified the Party member and Soviet agent as Jeremiah F. O'Carroll, who, in 1930, was the president of the Irish Emergency Relief organization.

Although O'Carroll was identified as a spy in 1938, he remained listed as a staff correspondent for Wisdom at least until March 1939.

The most recent - and notorious - incident of hostile infiltration into the U.S. Catholic Church is that of veteran FBI agent and convicted spy, Robert Hanssen. While placing his nation in mortal danger through his espionage activities, Hanssen also was believed to be a fervent Catholic.

Hanssen led a double life of betrayal, while serving as a spy for both the Soviet and "reformed" regimes in Moscow.

Although the precise extent of Communist infiltration of which Dodd spoke remains unknown, the effects are recognizable. Today, traditional Catholic beliefs, practices, and morality are not merely questioned, but are denounced and scorned by many of those who should protect and profess Church doctrine.

Mrs. Leininger, who confirmed Dodd's statements, told INA Today that she knows of several priests who faithfully taught the Catholic religion until they became bishops or were promoted to other influential posts, and then immediately exhibited hostility to that same faith which they had previously professed.

Leininger described these priests as "sleepers," a term designating individuals or groups who carry out their espionage function only at a selected time. Before becoming active, the "sleeper" will refrain from any espionage or subversive functions.

Dodd's infiltrators -- those who lost or never actually held the Catholic faith - would have been the mentors of the present generation of Catholic priests and bishops, in effect conducting their own "School of Darkness."

thor76:basically two types

Yosemite Sam, the cantankerous and rambunctious WarnerBrothers cartoon character, is a fairly good working model of the hoodwinked stooge. More difficult to picture him in a black sorcerer's robe conjuring lesser sprites of Lucifer while impersonating a Catholic clergyman during daylight hours. Harder to imagine Sam weathering through 5 or 6 years of Latin and Greek studies.

One might suspect that Latin was suppressed, along with the Latin Mass, in order to make it easier for impostors and creepy KGB agent types to fake being priests.

Uh...ahem...yeah...

HMBA wrote "Maybe Jahbulon and Moloch speak to them directly, specifying the proper ritual forms and costume wear. [irony]"

well if your heretics are like our heretics (and it certainly seems they are) then that's not entirely ironic. Although 90 percent of them are merely illogical wackos, the other 10 percent dabble in some very dark things indeed; including witchcraft, necromancy, and all sorts of other evil stuff. If one considers the actions of the heretical leadership from this perspective, one can see that at least some of them are actively serving the enemy.

No doubt. It has been suggested that all of the overly elaborate and absurdly complicated pseudo-Kabballistic alchemical/geomantic/theosophical hocus pocus is just a very elaborate method of deceptions for Lucifer to make himself gradually manifest.

Appealing to pride, greed, power-lust, fear, intimidation, social peer pressure, willingness to compromise moral principles, etc. The reason why when looking at it it all looks so bizarre and is hard to make sense out of is because it was constructed by a non-human mind. [wink]

Yosemite Sam,
Actually I had in mind more of a Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel from the Simpsons! But we could easily conceive of two models for Bubba" the rural and the urban. Not much difference between them except in accent & dress.
One might suspect that Latin was suppressed, along with the Latin Mass, in order to make it easier for impostors and creepy KGB agent types to fake being priests.
You may well have a point there. In the book AA-1025, Latin was to be suppressed as part of the long term agenda for the church. I don't recall if that was spelled out as one of the reasons for it, but it would certainly make sense. The ostensible reason was to "eliminate the sense of the sacred and of mystery" from the mass. They certainly succeeded on that point. Chant and organs were to be suppressed in favor of popular songs which would trivialize the mass.
Regardless of the degree or extent of any literal, conscious infiltrators (of which there are many), we have the parallel problem of invalid ordinations. One who seeks approaches a sacrament unworthily (in a state of mortal sin - of insincere intent) cannot validly receive that sacrament - regardless of the validity of the rite used, or of the valid status of the Bishop conferring the sacrament. thus you have a situation where an untold number of ordinations are not valid on account of the false intention of the candidate. This is in addition to the problem posed by the use of invalid versions of the Rite of Ordination, and of Bishops performing the ceremonies who are themselves not validly consecrated as bishops....or who through apostasy and/or masonic membership have excommunicated themselves.
Thus you have a major, unspoken worldwide crisis. We have no way of accurately gauging the actual numbers - although the presumed percentages of "phonies" are staggering. The Pope knows of this - to be sure. But he can do nothing, as the bishops are for the most part in open schism, and will not listen to him. The solution - a massive re-ordination of all clergy - is impossible, as it requires the bishop/priests to admit that there could be such a problem, and it requires humility to submit to re-ordination.
Infiltration - yes, absolutely! The allied problem of invalid priests means: 1) many masses are invalid, 2) many confessions are invalid, 3) many confirmation are invalid, 4) invalid baptisms (hard to screw up - but without the proper intention, quite possible), 5) invalid ordinations. 6)no extreme unction of the dying souls (the wont perform the ritual, and it would not be valid in many cases).
So......ya got trouble, my friends! this is not wild conjecture - it is fact.

Okay, I'm going to get openly Charismatic at you for a minute - I hope that neither you, nor any of the other RC folks on this thread find this offensive - appologies in advance if so!

Actually the whole labyrinth fol de rol, as currently used, is designed and intended to accomplish just what you described. If the instructions provided by the various 'pro-labyrinth' organizations are followed the labyrinth itself is laid out in such a manner that it forms a potential...well, call it a 'weak spot' through which spiritual entities (and we're talking demonic entities here) can exert some influence over those humans who move within it's boundaries. All of the 'centering prayer' and meditation nonsense that unsuspecting people are told to do in order to 'enhance their experience walking the labyrinth' has the specific intent of maximizing their vulnerability to external spiritual influences.

One interesting thing a Christian can do, if he has to be around one of these things (not something I recommend, but I understand that some heretical parishes have actually set these things up so you have to walk around them to get into the church building itself) is to -without entering the labyrinth - take a handful of consecrated salt, toss it toward the center of the labyrinth while quietly invoking the Trinity. Sometimes nothing obvious will appear to happen, but other times one can get some really revealing reactions from people who suddenly show up to see what's going on. In any case it isn't a waste of the consecrated salt, for all the obvious reasons.

As for the one historically obvious question: no I do NOT know why there are labyrinths on the floors of some older european cathedrals - either they were used for an entirely different purpose, *or* they may represent an earlier assault on the Church by the enemy. Either way that's one of those issues which would require a lot of research by someone with more resources than myself.

Yes. Fairly good and accurate book.

There's an article on the topic linked below:

Alice Von Hildebrand: There have been two books published in Italy in recent years that confirm what my husband had been suspecting for some time; namely, that there has been a systematic infiltration of the Church by diabolical enemies for much of this century... The two books I mentioned were published in 1998 and 2000 by an Italian priest, Don Luigi Villa of the diocese of Brescia, who at the request of Padre Pio has devoted many years of his life to the investigation of the possible infiltration of both Freemasons and Communists into the Church. My husband and I met Don Villa in the sixties. He claims that he does not make any statement that he cannot substantiate. When Paulo Sesto Beato? (1998) was published the book was sent to every single Italian bishop. None of them acknowledged receipt; none challenged any of Don Villa’s claims.

In this book, he relates something that no ecclesiastical authority has refuted or asked to be retracted – even though he names particular personalities in regard to the incident. It pertains to the rift between Pope Pius XII and the then Bishop Montini (the future Paul VI) who was his Undersecretary of State. Pius XII, conscious of the threat of Communism, which in the aftermath of World War II was dominating nearly half of Europe, had prohibited the Vatican staff from dealing with Moscow. To his dismay, he was informed one day through the Bishop of Upsala (Sweden) that his strict order had been contravened. The Pope resisted giving credence to this rumor until he was given incontrovertible evidence that Montini had been corresponding with various Soviet agencies. Meanwhile, Pope Pius XII (as had Pius XI) had been sending priests clandestinely into Russia to give comfort to Catholics behind the Iron Curtain. Every one of them had been systematically arrested, tortured, and either executed or sent to the gulag. Eventually a Vatican mole was discovered: Alighiero Tondi, S.J., who was a close advisor to Montini. Tondi was an agent working for Stalin whose mission was to keep Moscow informed about initiatives such as the sending of priests into the Soviet Union.

http://www.latinmassmagazine.com/articles/articles_2001_SU_Hildebran.html

Alice Von Hildebrand: There have been two books published in Italy in recent years that confirm what my husband had been suspecting for some time; namely, that there has been a systematic infiltration of the Church by diabolical enemies for much of this century...
The two books I mentioned were published in 1998 and 2000 by an Italian priest, Don Luigi Villa of the diocese of Brescia, who at the request of Padre Pio has devoted many years of his life to the investigation of the possible infiltration of both Freemasons and Communists into the Church. My husband and I met Don Villa in the sixties. He claims that he does not make any statement that he cannot substantiate. When Paulo Sesto Beato? (1998) was published the book was sent to every single Italian bishop. None of them acknowledged receipt; none challenged any of Don Villa’s claims.

http://www.latinmassmagazine.com/articles/articles_2001_SU_Hildebran.html

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