This is taken from the substack page of Fr. Michael's Newsletter (Sept. 22, 2024) . Fr. Mike is from the Archdiocese of Washington.
I am posting this here in full and not simply as a link, as I believe that +Gregory will order it to be taken down. And Fr. Mike will take it down, but as the Archdiocese has no control over me, I will leave it up.
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The
powerful centuries in which popes, bishops, priests and religious men
killed is well documented. I use the verb kill very deliberately. This
centuries old traditional manner of killing is not the same as the
criminal act of murder. Church killings do not take a person’s physical
life. Rather this ancient mode of killings by ordained men involve the
killing of a person’s human spirit, the oppression and eventual
destruction of one’s mind and heart and the steady destruction of
various body parts such as one’s muscles and bones. Depression is nearly
a universal pain inflicted upon the victims whose lives have been, are
now being, or ultimately are intended to be destroyed.
One only need sit down with clerical rape victims. They might have been
raped by a priest forty years ago. The reality is they have suffered
every year since that evil act was carried out by some ordained priestly
rapist. The criminal act was long ago. The suffering continues decades
later. The rape victim is living out a life sentence. Among our three to
four hundred American Roman Catholic bishops 150 or more are known to
be sexual predators and almost all of these bishops are accessories in
the decades old cover-ups of such criminal sexual abuse matters. Do our
US Bishops care? Absolutely not! They work the hardest covering up.
Just
recently here in the Archdiocese of Washington our Wilton Cardinal
Gregory has authorized the return of a credibly accused homosexual
predator. The rectory he now lives in also houses our internationally
renown homosexual predator, Fr Adam Park. Some of the vulnerable boys
or young men they targeted with sexual predation are now living daily
lives in depression, parts of their young adult bodies have required
surgery, and their passing days are spent in despair. In contrast these
ordained sexual predators live their comfortable daily lives fully aware
they are well protected by our Church. Is this fair?
Also,
is it fair a young girl raped by her parish priest in the 1970s remains
in her coffin around fifty years later with no accountability provided
by the Archdiocese of Washington? Is this ok? I say not! However, the
older priests and bishops tell me to “Let it go”! Really? There is a
little boy raped by a priest in the 1970s who then killed himself. That
same priest is known to have raped at least five other boys. The
Archdiocese of Washington simply wants to leave this matter in the past.
Is this justice? No! Not at all! Our child-centered and young adult
rape victims of RC ordained sexual predators deserve the fullness of
greater justice, greater divine mercy and greater revelation of the
fullness of truth. Many of these victims are dead or living daily lives
suffering in sheer miseries. Our trusting and youthful brothers and
sisters deserve our undivided attention. Justice for these countless
victims of clerical sex abuse has yet to be fulfilled!
The
bishops and priests have a great criminal or mafiosi system going.
Until the laity and serious law enforcement agencies come down very hard
on the American RC Bishops these lives will continue to suffer and
thousands of additional clerical rapes will continue. Where is law
enforcement?! It is way past the time for both Catholics and
non-Catholics to partner and investigate, gather testimony, evidence and
the legal representation required to pursue this far too long postponed
justice. I pray my fellow priests and faithful Catholics will help to
obtain this justice. We must do this in order to rebuild His Church. Let
us work for greater justice. Amen.
