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Mardi Gras Party Priest Resigns
The Smoking Gun ^
| May 7, 2002
Posted on 05/07/2002 12:09:14 PM PDT by Armando Guerra
Memo to Catholic priests everywhere: If you plan on attending a future Mardi Gras, try not to be photographed shirtless next to a drag queen and some chiseled guys in biker shorts. Because that photo op just cost Rev. Thomas Bouterie his pastor's post at a church outside of New Orleans. The 47-year-old Bouterie--unknowingly snapped at last year's New Orleans bacchanal--appears in "Masking and Madness: Mardi Gras in New Orleans," photographer Kerri McCaffety's vibrant study of the annual Crescent City celebration. Following a meeting with diocesan brass, Bouterie announced Saturday (5/4) his decision to step down after 13 years as pastor of St. Louis Church in Bayou Blue, about 40 miles southwest of New Orleans. While no allegations of abuse have been made against Bouterie, a church spokesman said "these photographs could be a source of scandal for some and, thus, prevent Father Bouterie from effectively exercising his ministry." Bouterie said that his resignation was not "reflective of the current problems" in the Church, but more indicative of his "personal growth as a priest."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catholic; catholiclist; mardigras; neworleans; priest; revthomasbouterie
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To: Florida SunGod
THe current scandal is not one of pedophilia. It is of homosexuality. And there is no doubt that a large number of gay men have sex with - or want to have sex with -adolescent males. Remember, NAMBLA has proudly marched in the NYC Gay Pride Parade (their slogan is "If not by eight, then too late). Homosexuals have pushed the age of consent lower and lower. In the UK they are trying to push it to 14. Sorry, but the homosexual culture is the cause of the scandal. For whatever reason, the hetero's have been keeping their celibacy vows, at least as far as the teen girls are concerned.
To: PoisedWoman
Astonishing photo. I hope the Church kicks out all the gay priests. It would decimate the ranks, but too many gay guys are now chosing to be priests for all the wrong reasons.... Pope John XXIII declared that gays are NOT fit for ordination. This Pope however is conservative in that he believes in closing the ranks around a scandel. I think this Pope is part of the problem. He refuses to say that gays are not fit to be ordained!
To: sobieski
THe current scandal is not one of pedophilia. It is of homosexuality. I couldn't agree with you more. It makes me sick that the Catholic Church cannot identify it's problem for fear of "political correctness".
To: BunnySlippers
Well the few gay friends I have had are just as decent and morally upright as anyone else and recoil at the thought of sexually abusing an adolescent boy or girl. Personally I don't subscribe to any established church, too much politics and deceit. If you think about it, the Catholic Church has been an instrument of political control and exploitation since nearly the beginning. There are millions of pious, caring and good people involved with the church who have good values and doing the right thing as their motive. But in leadership roles we find politics as usual just in any large organization. I am attracted a lot to Buhddism but can't subscribe to it fully either. I do however respect all religions in their attempt to achieve moral insight and higher thinking. With the exception of Islam. Call me a bigot but I call Islamics a plague on society (based on their actions and treatment of women and anyone who does not subscribe to their way of thinking). Maybe the next pope can call for a new Crusade LOL...
To: PoisedWoman
>Astonishing photo. I hope the Church kicks out all the gay priests. It would decimate the ranks, but too many gay guys are now chosing to be priests for all the wrong reasons...."it's an easy life," one told me.<
It's an easy life if you do not minister to your flock via the Sacraments. This may well explain why it is so difficult in some parishes to go to Confession, or attend Mass and not have your beliefs assaulted with touchy feely nonesense.
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