Most ppl outside the Roman Catholic Church don’t seem to grasp that a bunch of small ultra orthodox private colleges in the US being propped up by ultra-conservative interests are NOT like Notre Dame or Georgetown or Villanova. 1/
2/They have very high acceptance rates, much lower standards & their “humanities” programs are inflected by the theocratic & integralist orientations of those who run them. >
Jun 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Attending Masses in a Franciscan parish was one of my last stops before reluctantly taking a break from Roman #Catholic communal worship. I had a fairly high opinion of this order. 1/
2/usfranciscans.org/home/join-us/
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.
1/“One of the several reasons the current archbishop of Baltimore (William Lori) must resign is that he kept names off the list knowing that it would reduce victims’ opportunity to file suit and thereby save his archdiocese money. This egregious > indietheology.substack.com/p/part-8-the-f…
2/“inclination indicates that the archbishop may be morally unfit to lead any religious organization or community. This disposition may suggest the presence of kind of sociopathic disregard for all vulnerable people and children.”
Jun 10, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
“The high court has pressed the Catholic church to explain why it didn’t have an adequate opportunity 50 years ago to investigate the extent of a priest’s abuse of children, given there were ‘red flags everywhere’ about his crimes. 1/ theguardian.com/australia-news…
2/“The court on Thursday began hearing a key case about a legal tactic now routinely being employed by the church and other institutions to permanently shield themselves from abuse survivors’ civil claims for compensation.”
Jun 10, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I’m digging into (reading about) the Carmelite nuns & the hysterical man-baby bishop story. I’m doing so as I reread & write about the Maryland AG ‘s report #ClergyChildRape & #ClergyAbuse In Archdiocese of Baltimore. 1/
2/Over & over again in this MD AG report there are guys who went to Catholic rape rehabs two & three time & were never publicly outed. Families were never alerted re: these perpetrators histories when bishops cycled them back into ministry with children.
Jun 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1/“Whatever changes the people had wanted from the 1962-65 Second Vatican Council were, it seemed, formless, silent, lost in the bustle of a busy church frozen in a medieval mind. Instead, after 400 years without a council of reform, > ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-vo…
2/“the kinds of changes the people had expected from this council lay yet in Rome, drying in wet ink there and largely ignored here.”
Jun 10, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
“The sprawling, 38-count indictment…Trump’s valet was also charged…filed in the US district court in Florida revealed the previously unknown extent of Trump’s blatant efforts to retain the country’s most sensitive secrets > 1/ theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…
2/“and obstruct the government’s attempts to get them back.”
“In a plea agreement he signed ahead of his scheduled June 20 trial, Father Jackson, 68, a priest of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), admitted to a single charge of receipt of child pornography.” 1/ ncregister.com/cna/father-jam…
2/“Father Jackson’s supporters rallied around the priest after his arrest, contributing tens of thousands of dollars for his defense.”
Jun 9, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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!
Nov 14, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
“Pope Francis’s record is mixed on the greatest scandal to envelop the church in centuries. His forthrightness on the issue is admirable, but ultimately he, and the church, will be judged on the tangible progress they have made.” 1/ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…2/ Francis, who doesn’t have & the “liberal” #CatholicChurch have dropped the ball on this. Francis doesn’t have the support to hold perpetrators & the prelates who maintain the cover-up responsible. “Liberal” Catholics have declined to use their power to oust
2/This Roman Catholic prelate has not only defined a member of congress; he has also used his pulpit to electioneer, which is a violation of US Tax law. >
Sep 14, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
1/“Cardinal Timothy Dolan was directed in early 2021 to investigate claims against retired Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard, who has been accused of multiple instances of sexual abuse against minors” (child r*pe) > pillarcatholic.com/new-york-archd…
2/“and who admitted last year that he transferred several priests to new parish ministries without contacting police, after they were accused of sexual abuse.”
