Posted on 01/26/2020 6:55:46 AM PST by marshmallow
Witness: Bishop Michael Olson unstable, 'possessed'
FORT WORTH, Texas (ChurchMilitant.com) - Disturbing details have emerged about Bp. Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, revealing what appears to be a dark side.
Church Militant obtained 1,800 pages of court documents in a defamation lawsuit filed by Fr. Richard Kirkham, a Fort Worth priest, against Olson. In the file is a sworn statement by one Diane Cluley, a 90-year-old woman who has been described as Olson's "surrogate mother," who took Olson under her wing when he was a young seminarian.
Testimony of Diane Cluley
According to Cluley, Olson came from a troubled background, with difficult relations with his parents, exhibiting a great deal of insecurity and issues with self-esteem. In her effort to help him, she welcomed Olson into her home, allowing him to form close bonds with her sons. Olson was a frequent dinner guest, staying late into the night and spending a great deal of time with the family.
Cluley became something of a confidant to Olson, who frequently called her on the phone. According to her testimony, she said that while their relationship was fine throughout his seminary and priest years, he abruptly changed once he became bishop.
"[H]e became obsessed with his power," she said. His phone calls also became increasingly "violent."
According to her, Olson had a vindictive streak and frequently took out his anger on priests, in particular those he envied.
In one disturbing admission, she described a phone call in which Olson spoke about his desire to torture and murder a priest.
"[H]e talked about how that priest should die and be tortured first," said Cluley, to which the attorney responded, "I need you to describe the type of torture. Do you remember what he said?"
"Yeah," she answered. "One was encased in concrete."
She continued, "But.....
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Wow. That bishop has serious issues.
Bad Bishop.
Church Militant? Strange name for a magazine. Sure it wasn’t Church Malignant?
According to Catholic doctrine, there’s the Church Militant, the Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant. We are in the first, trying to enter the third, by way of the second if needs be. Don’t be shocked by the use of the term.
There are certain people who only need a teeny-tiny taste of power to become drunk from it. We all know such people.
Not sick to this degree, but the kind who take their authority over others way too seriously.
There should be better checking systems for priests, bishops, and other clergy in the Catholic Church.
In this age of digital info, the Church has no excuse not to communicate a known threat.
Catholic seminaries now have at least TWO tests for men wanting to enter the seminary:
I.Q. tests
psychological tests
The tests weed out the psychos from the get-go.
Police departments in most big cities have that same thing.
OF COURSE, there are always those extra smart men who can fool the tests.
Do Protestant seminaries have the same thing?
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