I worked for the NYPD for a summer as a young woman. I’m the daughter of a NYPD bias. I have also worked closely w/nuns, & I followed BXVI sh*tty deeply misogynist Apostolic Visitation in 2014. 1/ star-telegram.com/news/local/for…
2/The institution Roman Catholic Church is in great part a transnational crime syndicate. To clutch one’s pearls over nuns w/bongs is quiet naive. The prelates literally traffic children & cover it up. They just lost $17 million in the #Vatican!
3/Nuns are pretty neat, generally. And communities of nuns are rarely unaccustomed to being dogged by the bishops in charge of the dioceses in which they operate & live.
This degenerate prelate , Olson, has been getting lousy press for a few days & suddenly a snitch turns up>
4/photos indicating that the Carmelites are “breaking bad”?
Smells hinky.

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This #lenslouse priest is not particularly adept at RC theology, & I believe lacks the sophistication to see how dangerous his misogynist & white suprenacists takes really are. in other words, he’s not malevolent — he’s just not that bright.
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Church officials who manipulate documentation to defend against lawsuits are guilty of egregious misconduct.
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