Boston priest puts GLBTQ rainbow flag on Catholic chapel

Boston Catholic Insider ^ | 10/30/14 | Boston Catholic Insider

[BlatherNaut]

In our last post, we reported on how Boston priest, Fr. Walter Cuenin, promoted a petition to have the gay “rainbow” flag cover the Oval Office in Washington, but we learned hours later that we missed some even more scandalous things this priest has done.

For the month of October, Fr. Cuenin has had what he describes as “an enormous gay pride flag” displayed outside the chapel to “recognize both Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History Month. A photo is below.

Here is what Fr. Cuenin had to say about this in an interview with the Brandeis student newspaper, The Justice:

In an interview with the Justice, Rev. Walter Cuenin, the University’s Catholic chaplain and coordinator of the Interfaith Chaplaincy, explained the chapel’s display and its significance in detail. He described the flag right beside the chapel as an “enormous gay pride flag.” He also mentioned that a pink cloth covers the altar and added that there are also pink candles in the chapel. Cuenin said that he wanted students to be aware of issues regarding discrimination pertaining to the LGBTQ community and breast cancer awareness and research.

Cuenin acknowledged that a priest hanging an LGBTQ pride flag outside of the chapel might be a bit of a surprise, stating that many believe “a priest would never do that,” given the Catholic Church’s stance that homosexuality is morally wrong. He said he feels deeply that there needs to be more focus on how people act outside of the Church as opposed to good deeds and social activism being confined to the Church.

As we all know the gay rainbow flag is a symbol of “gay pride” and LGBT social movements. This is commonly associated with gay pride parades and gay pride weeks, where the following is typically on display:

Sado-masochism Profanity and vulgarity, much of it in an angry tone Homosexual sex; condoms and anal lubricant given out almost everywhere Horrible “gay” diseases and psychological problems The problem of “gay” domestic violence Hatred of traditional religion, particularly Catholicism Perversions such as cross-dressing and transsexual body mutilation An obsession with children and teenagers This is what Fr. Cuenin promoted outside the church in October. One article reports that when one enters the church, inside the foyer year-round he also proudly displays a multicolored gay pride flag, while this article says he has the rainbow flag inside the chapel. The article continues, “Father Cuenin is also a official LGBT ally on campus, through his work with Trisk (Brandeis’ GLBTQA student group). He also continuously makes himself available and accessible to struggling students in his role as a confidential resource. This article says, “Father Cuenin has always displayed a rainbow peace flag inside the chapel, as a statement that the chapel is friendly to people of all sexualities. That will continue to be the case when the pride flag outside is taken down at the end of the month. Cuenin also commented that he takes his role as a confidential resource on campus very seriously, and hopes that more students will feel welcome to talk with him as a result of these displays.”

There are so many things wrong with what is going on there, it is tough to express in words. How can a Catholic priest be allowed to promote “gay pride” and gravely sinful, immoral behavior and remain in active ministry? Imagine a 17 or 18-year-old child away from home for the first time who might be confused about their sexual identity going to talk to Fr. Cuenin for a Catholic perspective–and instead of hearing about how Christ calls them to chastity and holiness, they see the gay pride flag there with a Catholic priest advocating for the gay lifestyle and the sinful, disordered, medically unsafe behaviors that are a part of it. (The matter of the pink cloth on the altar for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and using the altar to advance his own ideology and agenda is an entirely different issue).

This crap from Fr. Cuenin has been going on for at least 12-15 years, if not longer. His public testimony to the Mass Legislature in 2002 opposing a ban on “gay marriage” should have gotten him permanently removed from ministry then. Write to the following people and ask for his immediate removal.

Dir. of Campus Minisry, Fr. Richard Clancy: frclancy@mit.edu Vicar General, Bishop Peter Uglietto: vicar_general@rcab.org Terry Donilon, Secretary for Communications: tdonilon@rcab.org. Cardinal Sean O’Malley: archbishopsean_o’malley@rcab.org U.S. Papal Nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano: nuntiususa@nuntiususa.org

[NKP_Vet]

“I am proud to have Father Walter Cuenin serving us as a compassionate and thoughtful spiritual leader”.

Catholic priests don’t promote or encourage homosexuality. He should be ran out of the parish on a rail. Show him the nearest Episcopalian Church. He renigged on his right to call himself a Catholic when he started promoting the sin of sodomy. The Episcopal Church will welcome him with open arms.

[TheDandyMan]

Hundreds of thousands? It's best to verify your info instead of simply pulling numbers out of your hairy...about 125000 people were investigated over the course of the Inquisition (which was administered by the Spanish government, btw, not the Church), of which only a portion faced torture, and but a tiny percentage execution. And do you realize, the Inquisition was first established to counter the threat of Islamic subversion so recently after the Reconquesta?

But regardless, you are creating a false equivalency. You can't compare the actions (justified or not) of a government-administered organization with truths found in Doctrine and Sacred Scripture itself. It is of no moment what the "silent majority" of Catholics think. As Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, "Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right."

"The point I am making is that in the grand scheme of things, I believe that love and acceptance of others is infinitely more virtuous than hate and discrimination"

That sounds nice (from a drivelly relativist viewpoint at least), but in the grand scheme of things it is pointless, false bunkus. If you truly love someone, you do your best to direct them AWAY from sin, not affirm them in their sin.

You have betrayed yourself as person with very, very little understanding of the Catholic faith. Possibly even worse, you have bought into a multiplicity of modernist lies. If manage to stick around here, hopefully you'll eventually see through the haze Brandeis has wrapped around your noggin.

Who dropped you on your head here anyway?

[BlatherNaut]

I’ll assume that you are a well informed Catholic follower.

If Fr. Cuenin is your spiritual leader, I'll assume you are not. Fr. Cuenin's behavior is leading souls astray.

The point I am making is that in the grand scheme of things, I believe that love and acceptance of others is infinitely more virtuous than hate and discrimination.

God is Truth and God is Love, and thus the two cannot be separated. Conflating the teachings of Christ, "the way, and the truth, and the life" with "hate and discrimination" is a trick of the adversary.

"Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour."

Conflating virtue with affirmation of spiritually and physically destructive behaviors is another trick of the evil one. "He was a murderer from the beginning, and he stood not in the truth; because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof."

Dogma and doctrine cannot "change as society changes", because God does not change. "Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to day; and the same for ever." Hebrews 13:8

If you are ever interested in learning the truth regarding the Catholic Church, read "The Deposit of Faith: What the Catholic Church Really Believes - Jesus Teaching Divine Revelation in his Body, the Church" by Eugene Kevane, Ph.D.

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Catechism of the Catholic Church

Chastity and homosexuality

2357 ...Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,141 tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."142 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.

2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.

2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.