[corpus]

"I find that my conscience is in conflict with the vision of ministry characterized by the bishop I have promised to obey. I am in an impossible position." - Fr. Richard Dickman

Lucky his name is not Lefebvre otherwise he would be "excommunicated" for such a statement.

[GirlShortstop]

BISHOP TAKES QUEEN Raymond Burke is highly traditional. That's why he received the final vows of a transgendered nun. By Malcolm Gay

This crap reads like it's right out of the National Enquirer, and makes absolutely no sense.   What is "That"?
Pretty pathetic and lame attempt at a smear.

[Flying Circus]

Let's see... Hit piece on bishop up front, kinky 'Gay' and 'Lesbian' personals in the back. Burke must be twisting someone's panties. It does have the whiff of scandal, but since the source is the RFT, I'll bet we are getting a very skewed perspective and give Burke the benefit of the doubt.

[Desdemona]

The RFT? Get real. That's not even worthy to line bird cages.

The RFT is the most worthless rag in th country. Anything they say about Burke is in need of serious rebuttal.

[tridentine]

FROM CRUXNEWS.COM (http://www.cruxnews.com/articles/letters-23july04.html): Burke and Institute acted swiftly, appropriately
[With regards to the illegal sex games perpetrated on an unwilling teenage boy] Fr. Timothy Svea, it should be noted that this incident was taken care of very swiftly. I was still in La Crosse at the time and I heard something was going on with this guy. I don't remember the timeline right now, but Bishop Burke learned of Svea's behavior from the Institute and immediately suspended his faculties. The Institute acted swiftly as well and got him out and he was handed over to a prosecutor in Wood County. This all happened in a matter of months. This could have been extraordinarily embarrassing to then-Bishop Burke [now Archbishop of St. Louis]. He had closed St. Mary's Church in Wausau and merged the parish with another one in town. It was then purchased by someone really rich who has ties to Tridentine rite supporters and Bishop Burke brought the Institute in to have them minister to those who still desired that Mass. He did this against the wishes of the majority of his presbyterate. The situation was made worse for Bishop Burke when Svea, who was serving as superior, told the Presbyteral Council that he would not, even in case of extreme need, celebrate the Novus Ordo Mass. It could have happened, then, that both the Institute and Bishop Burke would try to cover up the situation to save their skins. But to their credits, they did not do that. --Thomas A. Szyszkiewicz

[ninenot]

Ping re: ICK

[Diva]

This is a "hit piece."

[johnb2004]

A smear job. If you stand with Christ, they will hate you. The perverts can't stomach that there is an authentic Shepherd willing to speak the truth.

[Lilllabettt]

"the vision of ministry", huh. Sounds like liberal mishmash to me.

In my considered opinion, this story stinks like a load of fertilizer mulch. The article is just a tad too gleeful.

Next the gay tabloids will be telling us about Fabian Bruskewitz's cross dressing parties.

Good fudging grief!

[ninenot]

Here's the WHOLE story.

Joel Green was a barber, and active in his Lutheran Church in Prescott, MN. He underwent a sex-change operation and later petitioned Bp. Flynn in Twin Cities for formal constitution of his/her Order "Franciscan Servants of Jesus." Flynn turned it down.

Green then goes to Burke and asks same. Burke says 'fine.' Green proceeds to teach religious ed and hold retreats for confirmations around the Diocese.

Enter the complainant, who knew Green in Prescott. She writes to Montalvo, who refers it to Burke. Burke writes to the complainant (the letter in the thread-head post.)

On January 16, 2003, Burke's official paper suppresses the "Franciscan Servants..." under provisions of Canon 326.

That's because the Vat had issued a document (referred to by Nat'l Catholic Reporter 1/24/03) which stated that 'sex-change operations' do NOT change the born nature...individuals who have had operations are not eligible for ordination, religious life, or marriage....

I leave it to you to determine why Bp. Burke would tell the complainant that "Rome approves....I checked this all out..." while the appropriate Roman document had already been sent--and why Burke suppressed the Order.

You can find the "Sr. Julie" website (!!!) at www. pressenter.com, which was the business she operated. She's quite successful with it--I know of at least one parish which uses 'pressenter' as their ISP/Web hoster.