[Mrs. Don-o]

Fr. Donat Gionet,defender of the Catholic Faith

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I think this is the case you were referring to: Rev. Donat Gionet, a priest who was giving a series of sermons against abortion and homosexual vice in numerous Canadian Catholic churches, was suspended by the Bishop of Bathurst (apparently) for the strongpreaching. This was covered in the Canadian Press(Link) earlier this month.

This much is clear: Fr. Gionet is the one who was defending the Catholic Church and its doctrines (quoting rather respected Catholic sources, by the way: the Bible, the Catechism, and the Pope). In contrast, the bishop of Bathurst (Rev. Valéry Vienneau) is the one who is failing to do so.

It is Bishop Vienneau, then, who has no respect for the teaching of the Church.

It is rather muddled for you to come out against the Church, when the strong-preaching priest you ought to be supporting, Fr. Gionet, is forthrightly and courageously FOR the Church.

If you are a friend of the truth, you ought to be standing with Fr. Gionet.

[fwdude]

Is not there a hierarchy in the Church. Are underlings not answerable to the Archbishops and the Pope? Why was nothing done about this travesty?