well, what would you call a bishop who forbids saying the mass in latin, the same mass said by padre pio, cardinal newmann etc. which nourished the souls of st. theresa of avila, maxamillian kolbe, and any thousands more holy saints you might care to name, yet hits a 240 lb man crossing the road and doesn't stop to see who, or what, he struck with his car? wouldn't "corrupt" be a word that might come to mind?
when one of the most prominent clergymen in phoenix, a man o'brien appointed to vicar general FIVE YEARS AFTER the diocese settled a sexual harrasment suit filed against him, when this "charismatic" monsignior tells a young boy that taking his shorts off in the hot tub is a way of experiencing greater love, can you think of a better word than "corrupt?"
woe unto those who call good evil and evil good.
for my part, i will be praying for fr. leblanc and i hope the rest here will join me, for, if the Lord truly judges us by what we deserve, who can stand?
after years of watching priests "disguising" themselves in streetclothes, using the "f" word and the "s" word to show how "down" they are with the kids, driving large suburbans, maintaining office hours a plastic surgeon would envy, and permitting just about every foul impurity imaginable at the altar, i say God bless Father Francis LeBlanc, a man who restored my faith in the ability of a priest to live a truly "priestly" life. would that 10,000 leblanc's would rise up in america today.
Lord knows we need it.
Thank you for your excellent post! Regards,