Who Would Take a Case Like This? - Someone Mad as Hell, That's Who
Now we're hitting closer to home :-)
Who Would Take a Case Like This? - Someone Mad as Hell, That's Who
Hoatson undermines himself by not admitting that the predators are themselves mostly homosexuals, so the bishops would be protecting their own, so to speak.
lance the boil
Nice to see how the diocese is spending the widow's mite.
I guess if a diocese has few, if any vocations, and no seminarians to support then there's a few extra dollars kicking around from the Bishop's Annual Appeal. Lawyers are a worthy cause, I guess.
As for the accusations, they're what many of us have thought for a long time and in Hubbard's case, I'd be astounded if he wasn't homosexual. However, these men are entitled to their good name and reputation and I just pray that truth sees the light of day through all of this accusation/counter-accusation mess.
Let the games begin!
Yes, there were a few priests in the Boston Archdiocese who molested kids, and in my opinion, they should have been thrown out on their a$$es when it was first found out. I have no sympathy for abusers and molesters, but at the time of the abuse, in many cases, the kids' PARENTS chose not to pursue justice for them. That was delayed until they were adults themselves, and it was long overdue.
However, I firmly believe the Boston Globe blew the story out of all proportion to the numbers of abusers involved for a reason. I believe it was done to try to keep the Church from being a strong voice against the homosexual marriage decision. The Globe certainly hasn't pursued child molesters from any other institutions with the same fervor.
Hitting the fan? No?
"Hoatson's suit could well get quashed before it ever reaches an open courtroom. Yet in the court of public opinion, he may already be winning."
If Hoatson has the goods on these Bishops, he should spill them now for all to see. Hubbard wouldn't surprise me, but Myers? There needs to be proof.
Additionally, all the supporting quotes come from groups and persons not exactly amicable to orthodox Catholic teaching. Richard Sipe, Voice of the Faithful, etc.
Hoatson himself:
"As a 22-year-old seminarian in the Christian Brothers, he says, another brother repeatedly molested him over a four-year period. Several years later, he confided in his superior, who Hoatson says assaulted him as well. "I knew it was abuse," he says, but he never identified it as such until years later."
Huh? A man in his mid-twenties cannot identify that he has been sexually abused until years later?
I'm all for cleaning out the lavender mafia from the Church including those in the Priesthood - meaning Bishops as well - guilty of these deadly sins. Hoatson and Aretakis, if they are honest and truthful about their accusations, need to back them up with the incontestable proof they claim to have so that the Church can move forward, otherwise I have to consider them to be slanderous attacks against the Bishops and the Church with their lawsuits a shill attempt at gaining notoriety.
bump
"Mary Jo White, whose name carries great credibility..."
...among retarded chimpanzees.
It is really ashame the homosexual pedophiles lied, took false vows and used parishioners as a hunting ground.
Those homosexual pedophiles all belong in jail.
A former singer in my church's choir used to say the same about Egan before he became Cardinal. Hmmmmmm....
As I just posted, I am suspicious because of Myer's sterling reputation in Peoria. As I read the article, it's clear that this priest has an axe to grind. That doesn't mean his allegations cannot be true, but it sure should raise a red caution flag. Sure, he's filed a lawsuit under his own name. But a deeply angry man who believes he's been wronged might file a lawsuit that has no chance of success because it's based on false claims.
Myers comes into the picture because he is the current archbishop of Newark and he disciplined this priest. If the priest were making false accusations, his having been disciplined would be proper but could set him off on the course he took.
Of course, his allegations against Egan etc. may be true (I don't think the allegations against Hubbard are too surprising to many) and he may have been disciplined unfairly. But the accusations against Myers raise the real possibility that this is a disgruntled man trying to for pay back against Myers.
I think FReepers ought to withhold judgment. Taking these allegations as true at this point strikes me as unwarranted and a form of rash judgment that could involve the sin of detraction.
Based on how Card. Egan has behaved thus far, it wouldn't surprise me in the least. May the late Cardinal O'Connor pray for him.
I'm so shocked.
NOT.
My husband is from NYC and said that the Village Voice is very liberal and whacky.
So I wonder if they are just trying to hurt the church.