Catholic journalism, 2021: Spying on a priest (more accurately, using data from an unnamed source who spied on him) for breaking his promise of celibacy, then conflating homosexuality with pedophilia, under the guise of a journalistic "investigation..." pillarcatholic.com/p/pillar-inves…
Regardless of the actions of the priest who was forced to resign today, is there any indication that an actual "investigation" took place? Or did these writers simply buy data from an unscrupulous source, and one possibly breaking the law? One has to ask: "Cui bono?"
And again, why not spy on everyone works for the church? Why stop at priests? Why not spy on unmarried lay teachers? Perhaps they're sexually active. Why not spy on married pastoral associates? Perhaps they're using birth control. And why stop there? Why not spy on parishioners?
Who, in the end, would be left in the church? As the psalmist wrote, "If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?" (Psalm 130: 3)
These witch hunts, usually aimed at vulnerable people working for the church, or targeting people that the authors don't agree with or simply don't like, must end. They are not coming from God and they are in no way "Catholic."
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