Posted on 10/03/2002 2:55:22 PM PDT by Diago
The following appeared in "The Wanderer's" from the mail section. (This does not appear on the website, I had to type it in):
In Cleveland, which has been racked with the most damaging sex abuse scandals outside of Boston and Los Angeles, diocesan officials, including Bishop Anthony Pilla, maintain a stiff upper lip as some homosexual activists in the chancery and parishes continue to transform parishes into gay-friendly communities. Consider:
The Diocese of Cleveland's official web site (www.dioceseofcleveland.com) greets the viewer with a rainbow flag, and gay activists at the diocese's Gay and Lesbian Family Ministry (GLFM) office are way out and way proud.
One member of the GLFM recorded his experience on an area gay web site of his participation in the Cleveland Gay Pride Parade, informing, "The catholic group had a very nice sized contingent. There were a whole ton of other religious groups as well...Oh, did I mention that I am in the same video as a pornstar?!...Our table was almost across from The Grid's table, so we got to watch Matt Rush shirtless signing autographs and posing for pictures most of the afternoon. I felt so uncouth ogling a pornstar and trying to be a respectable representative of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland...
"The Stonewall Democrats had the booth next to The Grid, and they had some mighty fine shirtless guys sitting at their table, too. After we took down our table at the pride festival, seven of us from the Catholic group went out to dinner...We also had the same waiter that we had last time...the cute one with attitude."
The author of that revealing letter is the apparent friend of Brian Halderman, a longtime gay activist of the Diocese of Cleveland who recently announced that he is joining the Society of Mary (Marianists) in Dayton.
In another Internet chat thread sent to FTM by a Cleveland reader, Halderman revealed that while a parishioner at Ascension Church (a church plagued by a number of predator priests), he was a chatechist involved in the sacramental preparation of second graders.
Reader, does all this help you understand what bishops such as Clark and Hubbard and Pilla mean by the "lay-run church.
You can contact the diocese of Cleveland toll free at 1-800-869-6525 or by e-mailing:
info@dioceseofcleveland.org
Your man Halderman must be feeling the heat, going from the whining he did in the Beacon.
I am so angry about this situation in Cleveland. Yes, I've gone beyond banshee. I may take out a full page advertisement in an Italian newspaper to beg the Holy Father to step in and do something about the Marianists, Pilla, and the Archdiocese of Cleveland.
Can you do something about Gov. Keating and crew while you are at it?
If you really, really want to go totally off the deep end, try to get a copy of "America" and read Bishop Gumbleton's essay on why gays should be ordained. He never once refers to Catholic teaching and for backup on his views, he uses quotes from "Always our Children." He does go out of his way to point out that he is heterosexual but, and I quote exactly: "Do we really want to instigate a "witch hunt" to expel from the ministry gay priests, and, I might add, gay bishops?"
A subtle threat in the last few words?
I will read that and start round two of my letter writing campaign.
(I really never knew that Bishop Gumbleton was such a complete and total moron. He normally has such a big head you'd never guess he was a brainless wonk.)
(Yes, I'm making a list for Confession....)
Has rcf gotten hold of this issue? How about the Catholic League in NY - Bill Donohue would probably love this issue! He'd chew 'em up and spit 'em out.
This stuff is coming to a head, I believe.
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