Posted on 04/11/2021 5:21:08 PM PDT by ebb tide
Bp. Michael Olson: "The inherent dignity of human life requires that we not cling to this life."
Texas bishops on Wednesday used the authority of the Catholic Church to justify robbing vital health decisions from patients or their families. Michael Olson, bishop of Fort Worth, testified at the Texas capitol in favor of placing treatment decisions [solely] into the hands of doctors and a so-called qualified third-party surrogate.
During his testimony, Olson made a false comparison between choosing life and becoming transgender.
Bp. Olson: "It's not unlike a patient that comes in and demands hormonal treatment at the age of 13 or 14 because of transgender therapy. And a physician says to the patient or parents, 'I don't think this is right. I think it is morally unethical, and I'm not going to do this.'"
In his own diocese, Cook Children's Hospital told the mother of Tinslee Lewis in November 2019 her daughter would be dead within six months after implementing a rule giving her only 10 days to find another hospital or they'd remove care.
Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler and retired bishop René Gracida opposed the conference of Texas bishops in court on Lewis' behalf. The 2-year-old Lewis is still being denied treatment, which would allow for a hospital transfer.
John Seago, legislative director for Texas Right to Life, summed up the goal of faux-life groups:
The law was described as balancing patient autonomy and professional integrity. Those two things we've been hearing about. But we see that after 20 years of practice, it's not a balance at all. In fact, it resolves a conflict between two parties by removing one of the parties — by actually killing one of the parties. That's not conflict resolution; that's injustice.
Elizabeth Graham, director for Texas Right to Life, challenged the notion hospitals rarely remove treatment against patients' wishes:
I've heard that this rarely happens. Well, if it only happens five times in 20 years, that's great, but we actually have four active cases going right now and take about 8–10 cases a month. These are from rural hospitals and major metropolitan areas. These cases are not rare.
Texas state legislators are being misled on authentic Catholic teaching by those with a vested interest in preserving hospital authority. True Catholic leadership is needed to preserve all life, from the preborn to the disabled elderly.
May God bless and protect Bishops Strickland and Gracida, two of the few remaining faithful catholic bishops in the U.S. during the reign of terror of Jorge the Most Merciful.
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https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/tx-bishop-wanted-to-torture-and-murder-priest“
Witness: Bishop Michael Olson unstable, ‘possessed’
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.
. . .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. . .
It remains unclear who the priest is Olson was referring to. According to Cluley, the next morning, the bishop came to visit her and apologized for his comments. Even so, she became less and less comfortable with their conversations, which often included expletives and badmouthing priests behind their backs.
“I was used to the cursing by then,” she said. “I was used to the way he cursed priests and the things he said about them.”
Cluley described Olson as “possessed.”
“I was afraid,” she said. “It was like somebody who was possessed ... because this power corrupted him.”
Cluley made clear that while she still loves Olson (whom she refers to as Michael), she does not believe he is emotionally or psychologically stable, and should not remain bishop of Fort Worth.
“He wasn’t that way before,” she said. “He was never that way. He was totally corrupted by this power.”. . .
Thanks for reminding us of that.
When and where any clergical supporter of homo sexual or abortion activity appear they should be confronted by their parishioners present after vigorously showing their disgust leave the scene (church) emptying it.
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