[NYer]

PING! AND BUMP!

[american colleen]

Thanks for the ping. A very good article and I am glad the author of it uses Fr. Trigilio's statements as Fr. Trigilio is a well known priest who has witnessed Mr. Rose's assertations first hand.

I am reading "Windswept House" and boy, is the premise of the story applicable to what is going on today - the disobedience to the Papal office. I wonder how much of the story is fact, and how much is fiction.

[Polycarp]

Good post. I had dinner with Fr Trigilio 2 years ago, and he told us much of what is related in Michael Rose's book. Its one thing to read it, its another to see the very real pain in his eyes as he relates these abuses.

I simply disregard the critics of Michael Rose. His analysis may not be a perfect scholarly endeavor, but it is 100% right on.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

A "diabolical element" had pervaded the seminaries, he told Rose. "There were nights when I couldn't even sleep because I was so scared. I could almost feel the presence of evil in that place. The way the priests had so much disdain for the Eucharist and for Mary, for example, was outright hostility."

Ditto. Interesting to read someone else's description of this phenomenon.