[Catholic Caucus] Paul Likoudis, Vindicated

The Wanderer ^ | June 30, 2018 | Christopher Manion

[ebb tide]

For years, Paul Likoudis, our late and beloved colleague at The Wanderer, chronicled the role of homosexuality in the crimes committed by clerics. Long before The Boston Globe published its “exposé” in early 2002, Paul reported on one instance after another of abuse and cover-up in chanceries nationwide. For his yeoman efforts, he was ridiculed, hectored, threatened, bullied, and, above all, studiously ignored whenever possible by one guilty bishop after another.

When The Globe’s series appeared in January 2002, the bishops could no longer persist in their obstinate denial. But they immediately insisted that they had the problem under control. “It’s over,” Auxiliary Bishop (now Vatican Cardinal) Kevin Farrell told the Knights of Malta in February 2002.

[Aliska]

I always liked reading Paul's articles in the Wanderer.

Last night and in another context, I remembered a quote, don't attribute it to Likoudis who could have written it, but it was in the Wanderer years ago:

"Behind every abortion is a man who is relieved from paying child support."

[ebb tide]

"Behind every abortion is a man who is relieved from paying child support."

I doubt Paul wrote the above. I know of many fathers who went to the ends of the earth to keep their wives/girlfrieds from murdering their children, only to overruled by the courts.

[Aliska]

Perhaps not, and you stated the other side of the issue which is certainly valid and tragically true. But I know I read it in the Wanderer, probably in the mid-1990's. Also have a book put away by Randy Engel, can't remember the title.

[vladimir998]

Paul Likoudis deserves far less credit than Father Enrique Tomas Rueda. https://www.amazon.com/Homosexual-Network-Private-Public-Policy/dp/0815957149

[arthurus]

I subscribed to the Wanderer all through the 80s and 90s. I stopped when I hit a period where I couldn’t afford anything that I couldn’t eat and never restarted it. I ought to..

[Falconspeed]

Likoudis: hero.

From the article. ““Bishops do not fraternally correct one another,” he says, “because they do not want to be fraternally corrected.”

The problem is that bishops are above the influence of laity.

The solution is to trust that bishops are below the influence of the Supreme Judge and to feel pity for them.

[dominic flandry]

Each parish pays a “tax” to the diocesan bishop. However, do not give any other donation of money to bishops who do not serve the laity (which is most of them). I stopped and I encourage others to do so as well. I do not give to Pope Francis either.

[Aliska]

Maybe I should, too. A person I went with passing out anti-abortion flyers gave me a six-month subscription, and I liked it so well I kept up the subscription for many years.

Sorry you went through such a dreary period in your life, so glad you are back on track. I came close to going hungry along with my children but there was always something, once won $300 worth of groceries. I saw the winning # posted at the store but mind was elsewhere. My son was with me and said, "Mom you have that number". I don't know how he knew but I jotted it down, came home and fished through a drawer for the ticket and so we did! I splurged on rib eyes once with it and was deeply grateful.