I do not trust priests and bishops. That's a really uncomfortable place to be, if you are Catholic, but it's where I am at.
There was a time, when I was younger, when I did. I felt that the ontological change wrought in them upon reception of Holy Orders must surely include some faculty or character that would render them worthy of trust. It was reenforced by the fact that the first priests I met were in fact trust worthy men, men I could respect. That lasted essentially from the time I entered the Church until about the time I graduated High School, at which point I no longer trusted them.
To be frank, if a layman conducted himself like a large segment of the priesthood, with as little attention to their actually duties, and the requirements of character, they would not only be fired, they would become unemployable.
The Presbytery, and the Episcopate covered for each other in the matter of sexual misconduct. They covered for each other in matters of heterodox ans heretical teaching. They cover for each other in lifestyle matters. They cover for each other when they are gay.
When criticized they attempt to use their education and verbal skills to turn criticism back on their critics. The have no respect for laity who are not affluent, assuming ignorance. They will cite "charity" to entertain any special interest group that is inimical to the faith, yet will in a heart beat turn on traditional or orthodox laity. They will cater to anything except devotion. Between Indianapolis and Louisville there is one parish I know of where Eucharistic Devotion isn't considered some sort of sop or remnant of "the bad old days", but liturgical abuse is sacrosanct, and many many priests cover for both egregious and minor instances.
Among bishops we find much more words and much les action than is called for, and we see things like disingenuous defenses of activities financed by the church that promote sodomy, birth control, lesbianism, and collectivism, and accusations of "mean spirited" or "reactionary" thinking when the faithful complain. No I don't trust priests of bishops.
Look at what was done to Father Altier, Father Rodriguez, Father Marcel--then look at Bourgoise. Yeah, they cover for each other for anything except Courageous Catholicism. Chrysostom had it right.
There was a time, when I was younger, when I did. I felt that the ontological change wrought in them upon reception of Holy Orders must surely include some faculty or character that would render them worthy of trust. It was reenforced by the fact that the first priests I met were in fact trust worthy men, men I could respect. That lasted essentially from the time I entered the Church until about the time I graduated High School, at which point I no longer trusted them.
To be frank, if a layman conducted himself like a large segment of the priesthood, with as little attention to their actually duties, and the requirements of character, they would not only be fired, they would become unemployable.
The Presbytery, and the Episcopate covered for each other in the matter of sexual misconduct. They covered for each other in matters of heterodox ans heretical teaching. They cover for each other in lifestyle matters. They cover for each other when they are gay.
When criticized they attempt to use their education and verbal skills to turn criticism back on their critics. The have no respect for laity who are not affluent, assuming ignorance. They will cite "charity" to entertain any special interest group that is inimical to the faith, yet will in a heart beat turn on traditional or orthodox laity. They will cater to anything except devotion. Between Indianapolis and Louisville there is one parish I know of where Eucharistic Devotion isn't considered some sort of sop or remnant of "the bad old days", but liturgical abuse is sacrosanct, and many many priests cover for both egregious and minor instances.
Among bishops we find much more words and much les action than is called for, and we see things like disingenuous defenses of activities financed by the church that promote sodomy, birth control, lesbianism, and collectivism, and accusations of "mean spirited" or "reactionary" thinking when the faithful complain. No I don't trust priests of bishops.
Look at what was done to Father Altier, Father Rodriguez, Father Marcel--then look at Bourgoise. Yeah, they cover for each other for anything except Courageous Catholicism. Chrysostom had it right.
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"your" pain
Mate ! I feel for you . We have our problems here too .Fortunately when we are judged - this comes to all - we are judged on how we lived , not on how others tried to force us to live . Live the teaching of the Church & pray for those who have strayed . There is no limit to God`s Mercy .Most particularly with Divine Mercy Sunday nearly upon us .
Pax et bonum , from Our Lady`s Land of the Southern Cross .
This is the reason why I no longer consider myself Catholic, after having been baptized as an infant, attended Catholic high school and been a member of my college's Newman Center. I am tired of fighting an isolated caste of arrogant careerists, and I would not teach my children (if I had any) the revisionist nonsense concerning such things as capital punishment, which goes against both Scripture and Tradition.
At the same time, let's not forget St. Paul prophesied that mass apostacy would take place throughout institutionalized Christianity. Jesus Himself asked, "When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith?" The implications of that hypothetical should rouse any Christian out of lethargy and inertia.
I hear ya pilgrim!
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