Posted on 12/02/2004 8:30:46 AM PST by NYer
Ping!
If "financial instability, failure to follow church law and the scandal caused by allegations of sexual molestation of minors" is the standard, when are they going to suppress the entite Novus Ordo gang?
Rev. Fr. Carlos Urrutigoity
Superior General
Rev. Fr. Eric Ensey
Chancellor General
It only has to do with the allegations of sexual misconduct, the financial instability is due to the civil liability as I read this article.
Has nothing to do with Latin Mass.
Date | Who |
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1987-88 | SSPX Argentina | Accusations of sexual misconduct by Fr. Urrutigoity in the wake of his departure from the seminary of the SSPX in La Reja, Argentina. Despite these accusations, Fr. Urrutigoity is accepted into the seminary of the SSPX in the USA. |
May 1997 | SSPX USA | Fr. Carlos Urrutigoity, along with another priest and 2 seminarians are expelled from the seminary of the SSPX in the USA. Six other seminarians soon leave as well. We are told that the reason for the expulsion is that they were planning to found a new religious order. |
1997 | Diocese of Scranton | The former priests and seminarians of the SSPX find refuge in the Diocese of Scranton PA, where the Fraternity of St. Peter has its North American HQ. Bishop Timlin of the Diocese of Scranton accepts them without doing background checks. |
1998 | Diocese of Scranton | Accusations of sexual misconduct by Fr. Urrutigoity in the wake of his departure from the seminary of the SSPX in Winona, MN. After a diocesan inquiry is held, Bishop Timlin of the Diocese of Scranton decides that there is insufficient evidence, despite a letter of condemnation from Bishop Fellay of the SSPX. |
1998 | Institute of Christ the King | Fr. Marshall Roberts is expelled from the seminary of the Institute of Christ the King because of accusations of sexual misconduct. He finds refuge in the SSJ. |
March 1998 | St. Gregory's Academy, FSSP | The police are called in by Fr. Paul Carr of the FSSP (Fraternity of St. Peter) after it is discoverd that the priests of the SSJ have served alcohol to minors (boys). |
Aug-Oct 2001 | Dr. Bond of St. Justin Martyr College | Dr. Bond, HeadMaster of St. Justin Martyr College, which is affiliated with the SSJ, learns of the sexual misconduct of Fr. Urrutigoity. Dr. Bond then begins a series of discussions with Bishop Timlin, and with the SSJ. Bishop Timlin refuses to suspend any of the SSJ priests, despite evidence of wrongdoing. The SSJ refuses to admit there is a problem. |
Oct 14, 2001 | Dr. Bond of St. Justin Martyr College | Dr. Bond decides that St. Justin Martyr College must separate from the SSJ. |
Nov 19, 2001 | Dr. Bond of St. Justin Martyr College | Dr. Bond sends letters to Apostolic Nuncio for USA and to Cardinal Hoyos, Prefect for the Clergy, telling them about the sexual misconduct of Fr. Urrutigoity. |
Nov 21, 2001 | Fr. Urrutigoity | Fr. Urrutigoity threatens Dr. Bond with libel. |
Dec 8, 2001 | Dr. Bond of St. Justin Martyr College | Sexual misconduct by Fr. Eric Ensey becomes known. Dr. Bond issues a public notice to concerned Catholics. |
Jan 12, 2002 | Diocese of Scranton | The Diocese of Scranton receives a letter of complaint from one of those molested by Fr. Urrutigoity. |
Jan 15, 2002 | Roman Catholic Faithful (organization) | Press Release, asking for suspension of Fr. Urrutigoity and any other priests involved in sexual misconduct, for resignation of Bishop Timlin, for criminal investigation. |
Jan 25, 2002 | Diocese of Scranton | Bishop Timlin transfers Frs. Urrutigoity and Ensey elsewhere in the Diocese of Scranton, but does not suspend them. |
Jan 26, 2002 | Times Leader (paper) | News of the scandal hits the secular press. |
Feb 6, 2002 | Dr. Bond of St. Justin Martyr College | Fr. Marshall Roberts becomes a third suspected sexual offender. |
Feb 27, 2002 | Scranton Times-Tribune (paper) | The DA's office of Lackawanna County, PA, launches an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the SSJ. |
Mar 20, 2002 | National Review Online (paper) | A former student of St. Gregory's Academy launches a $1 million lawsuit against the SSJ, FSSP and Diocese of Scranton. |
Mar 28, 2002 | St. Justin Martyr College | Fr. Richard Munkelt, formerly with the SSJ, comes forward with further insights into the scandal. |
The SSJ priests were kicked out of SSPX for homosexual behavior as well as other reasons. The diocesan bishop took them in. Bishop Fellay wrote to the bishop warning him. The bishop did not pay attention.
Bishop Fellay is a wise man who sees with great clarity. More people should listen to him.
See the chronology I posted above, specifically the area in bold, for a slight correction of your otherwise correct claims.
Your chronology is faulty.
The priests were transferred from Argentina for several reasons. The sexual allegations were unable to be proven so they were removed from the environment. Once in the US the charges became verifiable and they were expelled.
Any idea how that investigation was concluded?
That sounds like the usual USCCB spin.
It is really sad how much your hate blinds you to the truth.
I'm simply pointing out that NO Catholic institution, be it the USCCB or the SSPX, is immune to imprudent decisions, if not outright malfeasance, in its corporate pride.
I saw someone say here recently that traditional Catholicism only exists within the Levefevre movement. What collossal arrogance.
Traditional Catholicism does NOT "subsist" in the Lefevre movement.
Yes, Lefevre's acts of disobedience, ironically, helped preserve the Tridentine Liturgy.
But Luther's disobedience precipiated the Counter Reformation.
And neither will ever be a canonized Catholic saint, for the same reason: disobedience.
http://www.sspx.ca/Documents/Bishop-Williamson/December1-1997.htm
Here is a report from the time. There doesn't appear to be anything about abuse.
Q: What happened in the Seminary last Spring?
A: A talented but proud young Argentinian priest [Carlos Urrutigoity] who had been a Seminary professor at Winona for three and a half years, decided that the moment had come to break with the Society of St. Pius X and form his own society, starting with one fellow professor and two seminarians who walked out with him.
Q: But did this priest walk out, or was he told to leave?
A: As soon as it became clear that he had for some time, from within the Seminary, been secretly planning his own society, he was told to report in short order to the Superior General in Switzerland. When he refused, he was told within 24 hours to leave the Seminary which he had been subverting from within by his intention ingenuously disavowed to take with him as many Society priests and seminarians as possible.
There is more to the story than the letter indicates on the website.
YES INDEED, HE MOST CERTAINLY WAS!!!
Bishop Williamson then told me that he never saw any evidence of Urrutigoity's homosexuality while Urrutigoity was a seminarian, priest, or professor at Winona. Bishop Williamson said that Fr. Urrutigoity was eventually expelled from the seminary in Winona not for homosexuality, but for subversive activities, namely, the secret planning of the Society of St. John in concert with others ... Bishop Williamson also told me that he had accompanied this young seminarian when he gave testimony against Fr. Urrutigoity at a Diocese of Scranton inquiry in July 1999. The inquiry was held at the request of Bishop James Timlin of Scranton who sent his auxiliary bishop, John Dougherty, along with another diocesan priest and an attorney, to hear this young seminarian's testimony. Bishop Bernard Fellay of the SSPX had set this whole process in motion when he formally accused Fr. Urrutigoity in a letter to Bishop Timlin dated February 11, 1999. (Jeffrey Bond, Letter)
That isn't the point. Of course no one is immune. But we're talking about one particular case here. And in this particular case, there is a clear and dramatic contrast. The accused priest was kicked out of 2 SSPX seminaries. And most importantly, there was no cover up. The SSPX was forthright about having kicked him out and took the trouble to warn Bishop Timlin against him. If only Cardinal Law had taken similar actions. But this same priest who was kicked out of the SSPX seminary was taken in by the Diocese of Scranton.
So while no one is immune, we need to look at the facts of this particular situation. And the facts tell a clear story, despite your attempt to create a false impression through selective highlighting. Anyone who reads that timeline that you posted gets a clear message about who can be trusted to do the right thing and who can not.
And while you try to make a big deal about the fact that he was kicked out of 2 different SSPX seminaries, you seem to overlook what happened in Scranton. Have you seen any of the emails from Prof. Bond? He makes it very very clear just what he thinks about the administration of the Diocese of Scranton. I can't even repeat what he has to say.
To attack the SSPX who did the right thing, while ignoring the culpability of those who did the wrong thing is a clear case of "taking the speck out of your brother's eye when you have a beam in your own."
Whatever the post scandal spin is, Bishop Fellay has been proven correct. The group was homosexual as he stated with predictable results. My understanding is that he himself sent a letter to the bishop which was disregarded.
These are points that should be considered in making a prudential decision. But ultimately when all is said and done, the SSPX did the right thing and the diocese of Scranton did the wrong thing, whatever their reasons were.
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