California Catholic Daily reported that in 1998, then Bishop John Cummins expressed displeasure with Fr. Danielson and told him to stop talking to the press after news got out that he was allowing gay "marriages" at his parish, St. Elizabeth Seton.Posted on 10/09/2015 4:27:53 PM PDT by markomalley
On Monday, the Catholic Voice, the official publication of the diocese of Oakland, California, published a homily telling Catholics not to condemn active homosexual relationships.
Retired pastor Fr. Dan Danielson asserts in his homily — originally said on June 28, the Sunday following the U.S. Supreme Court's revolutionary ruling legalizing gay "marriage" in all 50 states — that some people are born gay and that "no one simply chooses" to be gay, despite overwhelming sociological evidence to the contrary. He insists that being gay is not "sinful or wrong" or even "bad."
He goes on to attack those who "discriminate" against homosexuals, saying that their so-called hateful behavior reveals "insecurities" about their own sexual identity.
Father Danielson admits that although a heterosexual marriage is the "best environment," there are also "many homosexual couples who raise children with great love." He says no one can judge the "stable" and "admirable" qualities of homosexual relationships, and that these relationships are "not to be simply condemned as sinful."
He says that while the Church's teaching on marriage is "generally correct," it "does not work out" in "many instances." He concludes that we must accept gay persons "as God accepts us all — without judgment or superiority."
Father Danielson has a long history of supporting gay "marriage" and suppressing authentic Catholic liturgy.
California Catholic Daily reported that in 1998, then Bishop John Cummins expressed displeasure with Fr. Danielson and told him to stop talking to the press after news got out that he was allowing gay "marriages" at his parish, St. Elizabeth Seton.
One lesbian wedding was attempted on May 9, 1998, but was canceled after a number of faithful Catholics publicly protested the event. At the time, Fr. Danielson bragged that he would simply continue blessing gay unions outside the church building.
This scandal was brought up again in 2009 by California Catholic Daily and Catholic News Agency (CNA) when it was announced that Fr. Danielson would become the new interim administrator for the Oakland diocese while Abp. Allen Vigneron was transferred from Oakland to Detroit. When CNA asked Mike Brown, the Oakland diocese director for communications, about this scandal, he denied that Fr. Danielson had performed any gay marriages, claiming he had merely tried to "pray over commitments of love." When CNA asked Brown whether the blessings of sinful unions was a public scandal, Brown punted. "That sounds like a theological question."
To this day, Fr. Danielson's old parish, St. Elizabeth Seton, does not refer to itself as a church but rather as "the Catholic Community of Pleasanton" per the wishes of Fr. Danielson, who once said in a homily, "This is not a church but a gathering space."
When the parish's new $5 million church building was completed, Fr. Danielson ordered that there be no statues, Stations of the Cross, kneelers, corpus on the crucifix, or tabernacle (the tabernacle was stored in a different building). He told his congregation, "There is no sanctuary because this is all holy ground now."
But that's not all. When Fr. Danielson retired from St. Elizabeth Seton in 2007, there was public outcry about the priest who was to be his replacement, Fr. Padraig Greene. Father Danielson defended Fr. Greene, despite the fact that he was arrested for lewd behavior at the public bathroom of a children’s park.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) protested, arguing that Fr. Greene "shouldn't be placed in positions in which he's in charge of Catholic kids." At the time, the diocese of Oakland reportedly responded that then-Oakland Abp. Allen Vigneron considered the arrest "a single isolated incident." Father Danielson also defended Fr. Greene, saying that SNAP's view was "understandable, but it can lead to a misinterpretation of the facts."
Now the Oakland diocesan paper has published Fr. Danielson's pro-gay homily. This situation is similar to a recent one in the Boston archdiocese; last month Churchmilitant.com broke a story about Msgr. Paul Garrity, who wrote a pro-homosexualist piece for the archdiocese of Boston's official newspaper, The Pilot. Some of the faithful wrote an open letter to Cdl. Sean O'Malley, head of the archdiocese, to retract the scandalous article.
The timing of these two pro-gay publications has not been lost on the faithful, who are asking: Is it pure coincidence that these dioceses are publishing such articles just as the Synod on the Family gets underway?
The gates of hell won’t prevail, but that doesn’t keep them from trying.
Pope Francis: “Who am I to judge?”
I guess we have to judge the pope by what he can’t pass judgment on, and keep our kids from such an organization with such moral leadership.
I understand what you mean, that there are no unrepentant sodomite saints.
However there are ex-gay saints, as well as chaste homosexuals who practiced abstinence by the grace of God, who are saints.
I'm thinking all Christians would agree with the following from from 1 Cor. 6:9-11
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Dear Cin: This is absolutely NOT “about to change.” I would bet my right arm up to the shoulder on that.
God is a faggot?
name just one and I`ll direct prayer his/her/its lbgt way
A homosexual, who used to work at the Vatican, said 50% of the priests at the Vatican are homosexual. I assume since Father Danielson is in Frisco he’s homosexual. They’re morons, trying to rewrite G-d’s words. That’s why I keep calling those abominable homosexuals Satanic.
G-d wouldn’t have said not to engage in homosexuality if people were born that way.
While we're at it, here's my own not-updated and not- complete, but still pretty robust link list of the Pope speaking out in favor of traditional marriage morality and against gay marriage and radical "gender theory" over just in the first 6 months of this year..
What, you haven't seen these in the mainstream media, either?
Ever wonder why?
LINKS:
New Pope Francis called homosexual ‘marriage’ a ‘machination of the Father of Lies’
Pope Francis: Gender Theory Is a Threat to Society
Pope: Marriage between man and woman is threatened by gender ideology
Pope Francis: “Children have a ‘Right’ to a Mother and Father”
Pope Francis: marriage inscribed in creation (Man/Woman)
A Letter to Pope Francis (Pope defends man-woman marriage)
Pope Rejects ‘So-Called Gender Theory’
Pope Francis Defends Human Nature Against Gender Radicals
Pope's Shocking Hitler Youth Comparison (Pope blasts gender theory)
Vatican says 'no' to transsexual godparents amid Spain controversy
The Family As God ills it, 0ne man and one woman, is being deformed Pope Francis Against Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption
Pope Francis supports Slovak effort to ban gay ‘marriage’, adoption
"Pope Bemoans Gay Lobby" (LINK)
Gay Advocacy Groups Rush to Demonize Poe Francis
Pope Francis Tells Couples To Wait Until Marriage To Have Sex
Pope strongly defends Catholic teaching against contraception
Pope Francis clear on denying Communion to those who facilitate in abortion
The Closed Door of Pope Francis (Speaks against abortion, divorce, and homosexuality)
Pope Francis and the family, the next step (pro-Traditional Family)
Pope Francis is starting to look a lot like Sarah Palin (Guardian UK dumps Francis)
Pope Francis 'refuses' gay French ambassador
Kasper is Not the 'Pope's Theologian,' Says Leading African Cardinal
Cardinal Burke Denies Rift With Pope, Warns of ‘Gay Agenda’ for Synod
Pope Rejected Gay French Diplomat as Ambassador to Holy See
Pope Francis condemns gender theory a third time: ‘The family is under attack’
Pope Francis defends church’s opposition to artificial contraception
Pope Francis: ‘The Choice To Not Have Children Is Selfish’
Pope declares couples who don’t want kids ‘selfish,’ says they are part of a ‘greedy generation’
Pope Francis on abortion: ‘Never, never does killing a person resolve a problem’
Bringing children into the world is never a ‘mistake’: Pope Francis
Don’t be afraid to have more children: Pope Francis
Pope Francis Defends Human Nature Against Gender Radicals
Pope's Shocking Hitler Youth Comparison (Pope blasts gender theory)
Pope to Catholic couples: you can’t get married if you’re not open to children
Pope Francis praises Humanae Vitae, warns of attacks on family
Not quite a bookmark.
There are plenty of servants of Satan out there, and they all have plenty to say. Most reading this realize who and what Fr. Danielson is. They realize how wrong what he is saying is. Just have peace in your own heart and let him ramble on and on and on.
Of same-sex attracted saints (the chaste,of course) who have gone on before us into heaven, I am sure there are many but I can't speculate, most of the time, about who's who. I would think Fr. Mychal Judge (the NYFD firemen's chaplain who died at the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001 while ministering to the dying)and Henri Nouwen (d. 1996) are good bets.
Servants of God, Mychal and Henri - pray for us.
” that some people are born gay and that “no one simply chooses””
The argument that if you’re born a particular way then it’s OK to be that way is fallacious. There are people born with a predisposition toward being a kleptomaniac, or a pyromaniac, or a sadist - we don’t say that that’s OK.
I'm no quite sure what you mean. Everybody was "born that way" --- in the sense of born with a strong inclination toward sin. It's called concupiscence, and it's a result of the serious damage done to human nature via Original Sin.
All of us who were "born that way" are still commanded by God's law not to engage in sin.
Don’t apologize! Among other problems, this is just one example of faulty subsidiarity-application. It’s also, of course, the story of an incompetent (maybe even evil) cleric the media love to exploit. And that includes some of the Catholic media.
What is "not quite a bookmark"? My arm?
When the danger of moral contagion is high, the perpetrator should be stoned to death. A more liberal application of the death penalty would have a salubrious effect on society.
Don’t apologize! Among other problems, this is just one example of faulty subsidiarity-application. It’s also, of course, the story of an incompetent (maybe even evil) cleric the media love to exploit. And that includes some of the Catholic media.
From his mouth to God’s ears.
I believe the Catholic Church is the true Church, but I also suspect that a lot of the clergy are homosexual. It certainly explains why the subject is rarely discussed from the pulpits...
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