“Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
In a sane Catholic Church this homosexual bishop who rants about Church teaching would be put on ice. But I said in a sane Church. Francis will promote him. Probably give him a job in the Vatican.
The worthless leftist Blash Cupich said the massacre happened because of GUNS, GUNS, GUNS. “America’s Francis” didn’t hardly didn’t mention radical Islamic terrorists.
I wonder what’s in Bishop Robert Lynch’s background.
How far up your *** is the rod of islam Bishop..
Lynch is from Charleston, SC... where Cardinal Bernadin allegedly performed black-mass sex abuse, and where the black-mass 33rd-degree rite of the Southern Rite of Free-Masonry was created by Albert Pike (which led to the KKK).
Like Bernadin, he’s a former General Secretary of the USCCB before the radical-leftists were defeated in their line of successions.
The pretzel logic on display from many Leftist quarters in the wake of the Orlando terrorist event has been breathtaking.
Read about Bishop Lynch. The hierarchy are corrupt. It is the parish priests and faithful parishioners who keep the church going.
“The sexual misconduct charge against Lynch involved former diocesan employee Bill Urbanski, 42, who reported to Church officials that Lynch had sexually harassed him on numerous occasions.
Church officials said they offered Urbanski another job within the diocese but away from Bishop Lynch in September 2002, but Urbanski turned down the offer. Instead, he was given a $100,000 severance package after he agreed not to file a lawsuit. Actually, the figure is closer to $150,000 if the extended salary payment that qualified Urbanski for vested pension benefits is included.
The entire operation was carried out in almost total secrecy. Lynch’s three loyal subordinates — diocesan attorney, Joseph DiVito, Vicar General Msgr. Brendan Muldoon, and Chancellor Msgr. Robert Gibbons — “reviewed” the complaint against their boss. Only Archbishop John Favalora in Miami was notified of the complaint. Nothing was put in writing. Nevertheless, church officials denied that the payment was “hush money.” “The diocese does not buy silence in St. Petersburg,” said attorney DiVito. He explained that the money came from parishioners, bequeaths, investments and unrestricted accounts. “No funds earmarked for the ministry were used,” DiVito said.
Bishop Lynch’s intimate relationship with bachelor David Herman, a contractor who had moved from Fort Lauderdale to St. Petersburg with Lynch when he was installed as bishop. The two men had vacationed together in Hawaii, San Francisco, Key West, Bermuda, Israel and Rome, sometimes accompanied by Urbanski.
Herman had several things in common with Urbanski, one of them being that both men were triathletes. In March 2000, all three men, that is Herman, Urbanski and Lynch went to West Palm Beach for a weekend. Urbanski said the bishop pressured him to go. When they got to their hotel, Urbanski said that Lynch made him take a steam bath together. Herman, who joined the two men said that Urbanski clearly did not want to be there.
Urbanski said that when Lynch began to make sexual overtures towards him, he tried to avoid the bishop as much as possible. “I tried to avoid him as the years progressed, without him getting mad at me. I couldn’t have him mad at me. It was a tough day at work if he was mad at me, yet I couldn’t leave. He went as far as to tell me how to wear my hair. If I got my hair cut, he would say, ‘Oh, Bill. You need to grow your hair back. It’s not a flattering haircut for you.’” He said that when he and Bishop Lynch traveled together the bishop always insisted on sharing rooms, and sometimes appeared naked from the shower.
he (Urbanski) was frequently the recipient of the bishop’s largesse — watches, designer clothing and other expensive items. Urbanski said at first he was grateful, until he realized that the gifts came at a price — more time, attention, and ultimately sexual favors for the bishop.
Lynch, as Corporation Sole of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, had awarded Herman highly inflated new construction contracts totaling $30.3 million on a non-competitive bid basis even though diocesan regulations mandate open bidding for church construction work.”
I think he even issued a statement supporting the "husband" and the "probate judge" who murdered her.
This latest statement of his is contemptible.
What utter, unsubstantiated drivel.
Can I blame my getting up this morning for having a bad day?
Hope an FR can come up with a background and pix including the seminary where this creep was ordinated from. Why? Because very likely this is the kind of krap they were professing.
This bishop is off message: It is supposed to be caused by guns not a mono theistic religious tenet.
What would have happened too long ago when we actually had an open minded press. Would be some publication which circulated in that diocease survey its readers about this bishop’s positions and see of they agree that he be reassigned to a St Pereterburg diocease in Russia’s siberia where he would starve/ freeze to death .
Saddly as it stands MSM are going to jump on and hail his utterances as quote progressive.
That essentially the "hate" of his very own congregation, the Vatican, as well as ALL Christians are to blame for the mass murder of a Muslim assassin??
How much was this Bishop paid (and by whom) to smear and character -assassinate Christianity? Why didn't he just blame Jesus Christ, the Apostles, and GOD Himself? CNN and MSNBC must be chomping at the bit to get this nut booked ASAP.
There are “as many good, peace loving and God fearing Muslims to be found as Catholics or Methodists or Mormons or Seventh Day Adventists.”
And he would know that...HOW?? I'd like to see just his sporting a big ol' shiny crucifix will on the streets of Riyadh would turn out? Bishop Lynch seems to be projecting his OWN self-loathing as a homosexual. JUST LIKE THE MUZZIE PERP.
I’m a Catholic born and raised but I don’t recognize this insanity.....maybe why I rarely attend church anymore....
OMG they’re all effin crazy.
I thought that all these priests take a vow of chastity! Basta!! Enough!!
Oy vey.
Did Francis write that for him?
How does he keep his job?