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Diocese too liberal, book says By SUSAN EVANS, The TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT May 05, 2002 A controversial new book names the Altoona-Johnstown Roman Catholic Diocese as one of many dioceses that turns away qualified candidates for the priesthood in favor of a “gay subculture” and threatens the Church with dangerous reforms. The book criticizes a State College psychologist who screens candidates for the diocese, saying his view of homosexuality is too liberal. In response, the diocese says the author never contacted the diocese to verify any facts, and that the author lacks credibility. The psychologist says the characterization is false, the...

The dispute between Erie Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman and the Rev. John Trigilio of Harrisburg involves one main issue. The two are wrangling over what a Roman Catholic priest can publicly say under the church's canon law. Trigilio believes his remarks were justified. Trautman believes they were not. What follows are excerpts from what Trautman and Trigilio have written in the dispute, which centers on Trigilio's comments in the 2002 nonfiction book, "Goodbye, Good Men." n One set of Trigilio's comments particularly upset Trautman. Referring to effeminate seminarians, Trigilio states in "Goodbye, Good Men": "If you wore a cassock,...

I arrived home today to find the September issue of New Oxford Review in my mailbox. I was pleased to see that NOR had weighed in on the Michael Rose question that has occupied many of us on Free Republic. I have always respected their judgement, scholarship, and no-nonsense attitude. Below are some quotes from their article, entitled, Killing Michael Rose. Though I'd like to post the whole article, NOR's policy is to preclude such reproductions until the issue is a few months old. Thus, some highlights: Their overall opinion of Goodbye, Good Men: "...[W]e regard Michael S. Rose's new...

A Question of Integrity: Crisis Magazine Opens New Round in The War of Rose The September issue of Crisis Magazine takes on the accuracy and journalistic integrity of Michael Rose and his book, Goodbye! Good Men. This is the latest round of criticism of Rose’s controversial book: The first round was opened by Amy Welborn in a review she wrote for Our Sunday Visitor. Her relatively restrained criticisms were of the overall tone and overreaching claims of the book, and the fact that Rose relied heavily on pseudonymous sources. Next I wrote a review for Culture Wars, in which I...

I make it a habit to review books on Amazon.com and BN.com as I read them. Of course, since I just finished Goodbye, Good Men by Michael Rose, I went and reviewed that as well. Not unexpectedly, the Call-to-Action/Catholics-for-Free-Choice/Kumbaya-Liberal-Dissenter/Dignity crowd has had the same idea and was busy writing reviews that trashed the book. May I propose a bit of activism? If you read Goodbye, Good Men, why not hit Amazon and BN.com and review it? Of course, be honest. I gave the book 5-stars, but I certainly don't expect everyone to be completely uncritical. I think most of you...

Diocese of Altoona-JohnstownREPORT ABUSE CALL TOLL FREE! 800-624-4605All Calls 100% Confidential Click Here To Email Bishop Adamec Report Abuse or Disobedience Here - report@dioceseaj.com Vatican Document Proves Bishop Adamec Opposes Church Teaching "In this context reasons must be given and understood to explain why those who do not seem to be able to overcome their homosexual tendencies, or who maintain that it is possible to adopt a third way, "living in an ambiguous state between celibacy and marriage"(104) must be dismissed from the religious life." Bishop Blasts Faithful Catholics, Cover-Up, Dissent Continues!

Crisis in the priesthood....NEW BOOK ON SEMINARIES RAISES TROUBLING QUESTIONSby Paul Likoudis Michael S. Rose’s new book on the crisis in Catholic seminaries in the United States and Europe, Good Bye! Good Men: How Catholic Seminaries Turned Away Two Generations of Vocations from the Priesthood, powerfully illustrates Pope John Paul II’s words in his Holy Thursday letter to priests on the "mystery of evil at work in the world." There is no other word than "evil" – other than "demonic" – to describe the real situation in most modern Catholic seminaries, charged with providing the Church with its priests and...