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[Catholic Caucus] Heterodox priests condone immoral sexual behavior at annual retreat: leaked audio'The ideas and teachings floated in this conference are sure to lead souls to Hell,' remarked Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute.A leaked audio recording of a heretical clergy group’s annual meeting reveals that its retreat leader, a theology professor, downplayed or heretically denied the gravity of an array of serious sins, including masturbation, fornication, and receiving Holy Communion while in grave sin.The Lepanto Institute recently shared audio clips from the 2025 annual meeting of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests (AUSCP), a dissident group that was refused...

[Catholic Caucus] US Bishop-Backed Priest Association Honors LGBT ChampionsThe Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) is once again holding its Annual Assembly, this time in Baltimore, MD, June 20-23. We’ve reported on a number of past AUSCP events and issued reports on AUSCP rhetoric concerning women’s ordination to the priesthood and AUSCP’s membership in an international network of dissident organizations.This year, it appears the AUSCP is back at it again. According to an AUSCP press release, it is bestowing its 2022 St. John XXIII Award to two champions of the homosexualist movement, Sr Jeannine Gramick and Fr. Joe Muth.This isn’t...

Now that we are all sufficiently recovered from Thanksgiving (which we did indeed celebrate with our families) and avoided the consumerism of the three days that followed, it's time to get back down to brass tacks and talk about an organization of heterodox Catholics hiding inside an organization called the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests.  AUSCP doesn't exactly hide the football when it comes to their goals and objectives.  In fact, they are quite open about their objectives -- women's ordination, the female diaconate, and the creation of functionary "priestless parishes" within the United States. What is more alarming is that none...