Posted on 02/27/2022 6:19:40 PM PST by marshmallow
The event’s keynote speakers are actor Jim Caviezel and EWTN anchor Raymond Arroyo.
CINCINNATI, Ohio (LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati has pulled archdiocesan sponsorship of the upcoming Cincinnati Men’s Conference, citing concerns with the supposed political “baggage” of the event’s keynote speakers: actor Jim Caviezel and EWTN anchor Raymond Arroyo.
The conference is to be held on April 2 at the Fifth Third Arena on the University of Cincinnati (UC) campus and is “intended for all men regardless of denomination or where they are in their faith journey,” according to a conference press release.
Caviezel — who famously portrayed Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ — and Arroyo are listed as “headline speakers” at the event, with UC’s football head coach Luke Fickell as an invited speaker. Bishop John Iffert of Covington, Kentucky, was originally listed as a speaker at the event, but, according to the National Catholic Reporter, withdrew his name at an earlier point.
A letter to priests of the diocese on January 3 explained that the archdiocese would “not be sponsoring, promoting, or participating” in the annual conference, established in 1994, supposedly in an effort to distance itself from “attempts by either the right or the left to divide the Catholic Church by political position.”
Explaining, Mike Schafer, Cincinnati’s director of diocesan communication and evangelization, wrote that “[t]his year’s primary speakers, regardless of their otherwise outstanding characteristics, have publicly aligned themselves with divisive political positions and have used even their Catholic platforms to promote those positions.”
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Bet that same archdiocese supports gay marriage, abortion and Unitarianism tho.
...supposedly in an effort to distance itself from “attempts by either the right or the left to divide the Catholic Church by political position.”
Yeah, good one.
"Divisive", i.e. orthodox, conservative, and common-sense.
That reminds me: not a dime for the diocesan appeal this year. I find the bishops’ persistent funding of left wing causes a bit too divisive
Jim Caviezel strongly opposes abortion.
The Cincinnati Archdiocese may reject him on that basis.
Cincy Archbishop criticized for silence on priest
LOCAL NEWS
By Tom Beyerlein
April 3, 2010
Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, who has been untainted by the clergy child sexual abuse scandal, is getting heat from area victim advocates critical of Schnurr’s inaction in the case of a Butler County priest who was indicted on charges he abused a 10-year-old boy in West Virginia nearly 20 years ago.
Leaders of victim-advocate groups say Schurr should at least warn people in the 19-county Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati about the Rev. Robert F. Poandl, 68, of Fairfield. Archdiocese spokesman Dan Andriacco said Schnurr is considering the request. “We believe their suggestions have some merit and we’re working on it,” Andriacco said.
News broke in early February that a Roane County, W.Va., grand jury handed up indictments against Poandl on charges of first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree sexual assault and sexual abuse by a custodian. A 28-year-old Cincinnati man told police last summer that Poandl abused him at a church rectory in Spencer, W.Va., in 1991. Poandl has pleaded not guilty, and a trial is set for June 15.
Poandl serves a religious order called Glenmary Home Missioners, based in Fairfield. Even though he is based in the Cincinnati archdiocese, he is not directly under Schnurr’s supervision.
Dan Frondorf, who heads the Cincinnati chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, said Schnurr declined to take action when the Poandl story broke Feb. 2. After two letters from SNAP, Schnurr phoned Frondorf on March 15. . .
Cincinnati bishops expect Vatican to investigate their handling of priest accused of rape
Dan Horn
Cincinnati Enquirer
September 11, 2019
Cincinnati’s highest-ranking Roman Catholic church officials expect the Vatican to launch an investigation into how they handled complaints about the behavior of a priest who was later accused of raping an altar boy.
The investigation would be among the first of its kind in the United States since Pope Francis’ announcement earlier this year he was revamping the Vatican’s procedures for dealing with sexual abuse cases.
Archbishop Dennis Schnurr told parishioners Sunday at St. Ignatius of Loyola in Green Township that he expects the Vatican to run the investigation through the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C.
“He anticipates that will occur,” church spokesman Mike Schafer confirmed Wednesday.
The focus of such an investigation would not be on the Rev. Geoff Drew, a former St. Ignatius pastor who now is in jail after being charged with raping an altar boy 30 years ago.
Instead, the Vatican would examine whether Schnurr and Auxiliary Bishop Joe Binzer properly handled complaints they received about Drew. . .
. . .
The full statement from SNAP:
“In a tone-deaf move from church officials in Cincinnati, a former auxiliary bishop who resigned his position after it was discovered he ignored allegations against an abusive priest for six years has now been reassigned to a local parish in Cincinnati. We are outraged that a man who so failed in his duty to protect children from abuse has now been put in charge of a parish and hope parents and parishioners will stand up against his appointment.
In May of 2020, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Binzer resigned his position within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati after mishandling the case of Fr. Geoff Drew. Binzer had been informed in 2013 of allegations that Fr. Drew was abusing children, yet he did nothing until 2019, giving the abuser six more years of unfettered access to vulnerable children. Now, a year after he was slapped on the wrist for this flagrant violation of the church’s “Dallas Charter,” he has been given control over St. John Neumann and Corpus Christi Parish in Cincinnati.
This is a shockingly tone-deaf move that underscores how Archbishop Dennis Schnurr has failed to understand why Binzer’s actions were so wrong and speaks to why the issue of abuse remains such a constant issue within the church. If men who enabled abuse were appropriately punished and removed from positions of power, then it would be harder for abuse to continue. Instead, punishments are few, far between, and minimal. In our opinion, Bishop Binzer should not been in a position of authority anywhere. He should have been reassigned to administrative tasks that remove him from leadership roles, not given a parish to lead 11 months after his resignation as bishop was accepted by Pope Francis.
Parents in Cincinnati deserve to have someone watch over their children who will be vigilant against cases of sexual abuse, not someone who has been proven to ignore them. We call on Archbishop Schnurr to rescind this appointment before it takes effect on July 1 and hope that parents and parishioners in Cincinnati will join our call.”
Drew was charged with nine counts of rape.
He’s due back in court at the end of April. . .
Good call.
ping
“supposedly in an effort to distance itself from “attempts by either the right or the left to divide the Catholic Church by political position.”
No, the Pope is taking care of that task.
Schnurr has participated in all of the anti abortion activities I have been to here in Cincinnati. He may be shy of politics but not the opposition to abortion.
These bishops stand in the way of prohibiting Communion for Biden, pro-abortion politicians
They don’t want the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to discuss prohibiting pro-abortion self-identified Catholics in public life from receiving Holy Communion. . .
The full list of signatories is as follows:
Cardinals
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York (reported withdrawn)
Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington
Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM Cap., of Boston
Cardinal Joseph Tobin, CSsR, of Newark
Ordinaries
Archbishop Andrew Bellisario, CM, of Anchorage-Juneau
Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle
Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. of San Antonio
Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of St. Louis
Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati. . .
“political position”
Will our supposed leaders still be holding on to the middle of the road, neutral position when the godless left are martyring us and driving us into the catacombs? Many Saints have said it: The Church is always renewed by a fervent laity.
Arroyo simply asks questions about some of Francis’ decisions and actions and is hated by the “Catholic” left for it.
Caviezel has the fervor of a martyr.
Not that it’s important, but Caviezel can also act circles around most modern actors.
Maybe someone else knows, but isn’t Schnurr going to close and sell off a bunch of parishes, reorganizing them into so-called clusters?
The Cincinnati Archdiocese may reject him on that basis.
They need a trendy abortion position to attract younger, paying customers. Refusal to acknowledge this is "divisive". /s
Ugh. Grunt. Drag knuckles.
Catholic Tradition (with a capital ‘T’) divisive.
Pope Francis gaia ecumenism good.
Hmmm... Got it.
Some church leaders just want to hear the sound of thirty pieces of silver being placed in the collection plate.
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