Please - Urge your bishop to vote “NO” on the funding for the new John Jay report on Clerical Sex Abuse, and “NO” “ABSOLUTELY NO! on the Guidelines for Homosexual Ministries...
U.S. Coalition for Life Action Alert
“American Bishops
Vote Down Proposals for ‘Gay’ Pastoral /Ministry Guidelines
and Funding for New John Jay
Report”
If these are the
headlines you want to read on the front page of The Washington Post on November 16, 2006 –
ACT NOW! Urge your bishop to vote “NO” on “Ministry to Persons With a
Homosexual Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral Care” and Vote “NO” on the new
John Jay Study on Clerical Sexual Abuse.
The vote will take place at
the November 13-16, 2006 fall meeting of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to be held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront,
Section I.
The Proposed Guidelines on Pastoral Care of
Homosexuals
The USCCB Committee on
Doctrine began work on the “Guidelines” in the fall of 2002. Drafts of the 23
page document were later circulated to members of the Committees for Canonical
Affairs, Catechesis, Marriage and Family, and Pastoral
Practices.
This is not the first time
the American bishops have addressed the issue of special ministries and pastoral
care for homosexuals. On September 30, 1997, the Administrative Committee of the
NCCB approved the pro-homosexual statement “Always Our Children” that was
released by the Committee on Marriage and Family without a formal vote by the entire
hierarchical body. By the time the bishops arrived that November for their
annual meeting in
“Gay” ministries
such as the NACDLGM (National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and
·
“Gay” ministries transform parishes into
political and propaganda cells for “gay” activism.
·
“Gay” ministries discourage the individual
homosexual from breaking with the Homosexual Collective that frowns upon
“defectors.”
·
“Gay” ministries recruit - like the Army –
especially among vulnerable youth.
·
“Gay” ministries plunder parish resources –
financial and otherwise.
·
“Gay” ministries undermine authentic Church
teachings on Faith and morals.
·
“Gay” ministries systematically strip
parishioners of every vestige of natural revulsion that the normal person experiences
when initially confronted by sexual perversion.
The bishops should
be discussing ways to eliminate these “gay” ministries not perpetuate them.
Diocesan chapters of Courage and Encourage
can serve homosexuals and other sexual addicts who seek to extricate themselves
from the Collective and live a holy and chaste life. NARTH (National
Association for Research and Therapy) and
the Catholic Medical Association should be brought in to advise the bishops, the
USCCB staff, and diocesan priests and religion on the latest advances in therapy
for sexual disorders of which the drafters of the document obviously are
woefully ignorant.
Guidelines are Fundamentally Dishonest and
Pander to the Forces of
Organized Perversion
The Guidelines, as
written, are fundamentally flawed and dishonest - beginning with the very title
- "Ministry to Persons With a Homosexual Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral
Care”
“Gay” church ministries are
“inclusive.” Thus the title should read – “Ministry to Persons With a Homosexual
or Lesbian or Bi-Sexual or Transsexual or Transgender or Transvestite or
Intersexual or Pederast or Sado/Masochist/
Despite a veneer of
God-language, Gayspeak is the language of the Guidelines.
The same forces of
organized perversion that produced the “sin” of “homophobia,” have expanded
their phobia list to include the “sin” of “transphobia,” meaning “an inordinate
fear of transexual and transgender persons, along with “erotophobia,” defined as
“society’s prejudice and fear of childhood eroticism that deprives the child of
sex by limiting adult access to children as sexual beings.”
The bishops need to be
reminded that homosexuals are not the only group of sexual perverts who have
organized to defend their “right” to act out and to stake a claim that their
particular brand of perversion and accompanying “spirituality” be acknowledged
by the Church and society as a positive good and a liberating variation on human
sexuality.
The Guidelines are
replete with “gay” myths of “victimhood” and “injustice” and
“hatred.”
The Church teaches that persons with
a homosexual inclination must be
accepted with respect, compassion
and sensitivity. We recognize that such
persons have been, and often
continue to be, objects of scorn, hatred, and
even violence in some sectors of our
society. Sometimes this hatred is
manifested clearly; other times, it
is masked and gives rise to more
disguised forms of hatred. It is
deplorable that homosexual persons have
been and are the object of violent
malice in speech and action. Such
treatment
deserves condemnation from the Church's pastors whenever it
occurs.
Those who would minister in the name
of the Church must in no way
contribute to such injustice. They
should prayerfully examine their own
hearts in order to discern any
thoughts or feelings that might stand in need
of purification. Those who minister
are also called to their own ongoing
conversion. In fact, the work of
spreading the Good News involves an
ever-increasing love for those to
whom one is ministering.
The hard truth about the genesis of homosexual violence is that it is largely
self-inflicted.
Domestic violence,
that is, violence between homosexuals, is the primary source of violence in
same-sex relationships. Homosexuals engage in a wide range of anti-social
behaviors including, rampant promiscuity, illicit drug use, the use of
sadomasochist pornography to fuel perverse patterns of habituated self-abuse,
and the solicitation of prostitutes – all of which fan the fires of violence.
Organized crime plays an important role in the life of the Homosexual
Collective. Blackmail and extortion threats continue to be associated with
homosexual activity.
Further, internal violence
within homosexual environments has been fanned by the transformation of the
model “gay” man from “swish” to “macho.”
It is no coincidence that
pseudo-Catholic Dignity, which maintains close contact with the USCCB staffers,
has spawned “Defenders of Dignity” dedicated to the integration of “Leather
sexuality with the Christian sado/masochist/bondage/dominance community.”
Defenders claim that the “leather experience” can “produce a richer spirituality
for us and the Church.” Their unofficial motto is “Crisco is the lube of
choice.”
Murders of
homosexuals by homosexuals or hired prostitutes, and murders of non-homosexuals
by homosexuals are often marked by “overkill” and mutilation. The murder of
4-year-old Jandre
The homosexual
environment is one of instability, depravity, drug use, pornography, exposure to
AIDS, and moral and spiritual turpitude. Obviously no child should be placed for
adoption or foster care with homosexual partners, male and female. The
Guidelines do not support adoption by homosexual partners. However, the
reference to Church approval of the baptism of children of homosexual partners
“where there is well-founded hope that the children will be brought up in the
Catholic religion” is based on “gay” fantasies.
The craven,
effeminate language used by the drafters of the USCCB Guidelines as they cower
before the Homosexual Collective, especially in this section on “gay” violence,
is an insult to every faithful Catholic priest, religious and laymen. If the
bishops are serious about reducing violence within the homosexual anti-culture,
they can begin by helping to prevent the vice from taking hold in the first
place by supporting strong Catholic family life and by setting an example
themselves by living holy and virtuous lives. They must also oppose at every
level, secular and religious, the Homosexual Collective that seeks to undermine
marriage, family, civilized society and the Catholic
faith.
Guidelines Hurt
Homosexual Trying to Live a Chaste Life
While the
Guidelines, as written, are a boon to the Homosexual Collective, they are
harmful to the individual homosexual, especially those who want to lead a truly
Catholic life. The statement that the homosexual has “no moral obligation to
seek therapy” is yet another indication of the pro-“gay” bias of the drafters of
the Guidelines and the Committees who approved of them. Ditto for the statement
that there is “no scientific consensus on therapy or the cause of
homosexuality.” This is an outright lie that further serves to advance the
Collective’s “born that way” mantra.
On a purely
spiritual level, the Guidelines are deadly. It is a rule of the spiritual life
that we must advance or decline. For a homosexual with inordinate and compulsive
passions the obligation to seek assistance at every level possible to overcome
his unnatural passions and find his way back to wellness and sanctification is
self-evident. It does not reflect well on the USCCB that they would even
consider a proposal that seeks to confirm a sinner in his sin.
Further, the
Guidelines’ teaching that only homosexual acts are always sinful is not Catholic
teaching. A person can sin by thought, word and deed. Willfully entertained
lustful thoughts including those engendered by looking at “gay/male”
pornography, a common staple of the “gay” life is a serious sin.
The Re-education of the
Laity
The Guidelines call
for a program of re-education whereby the Catholic laity (homosexuals and their
inclusive associates excluded) can be cured (purified) of their alleged their
“homophobic” prejudices and tendencies. The Guidelines urge pastors and
laity to welcome homosexuals with open arms and give them active roles in the
parish. Experience, prudence and common sense dictate otherwise.
Unless a homosexual chooses
to “out” himself or is exposed as a homosexual as a result of a run-in
with the law or a public scandal, the
average parishioner is usually unaware that the individual in question suffers
from same-sex-attraction or other sexual problems. Every parish has members who
suffer from various forms of psychological disorders including homosexuality.
Providing these individuals present no danger to the parish community especially
children (i.e., pedophiles, pederasts or exhibitionists], integration into the
ordinary life of the parish usually does not usually pose any special problem.
However, given the particular nature of their disorder, it is unwise to give
such individuals key roles in the parish, especially if their condition is a
matter of public knowledge.
The introduction of
“gay” ministries into a parish is another matter. Experience has shown that once
members of organized perversion get a strong hold on any institution, secular or
religious, they tend to colonize and metastasize that institution. Since the
homosexual anti-culture is closely connected to the seamier side of life, the
overall life of the parish suffers. The Guidelines’ undisguised and unbridled
enthusiasm for introducing “gay” ministries into Catholic parishes smacks of
over-kill. There is much talk of “pastoral care, but it is obvious that such
specialized attention is a one-way street. It is primarily directed at
homosexuals not the general welfare of the parish. When parishes are taken over
by homosexual, the faithful will vote with their feet – either they will seek
out another parish or march out of the Church altogether.
Life and Death in a
“Gay” Parish –
The Story of
Most
The corner stone for
convent was build to accommodate the
Sisters of Charity, B.V.M. who staffed the parochial school.
Today, MHR, as the congregation calls it, is a “gay”
parish – the “inclusive” prototype envisioned by the drafters of the proposed
USCCB Guidelines.
The parochial school has
long since been closed. The building is now leased to the “pro-choice” Society
of Friends (Quakers) as a private elementary school. The Sisters of Charity left
in 1979 and are now “gone with the wind,” and the convent has been converted to
an AIDS hospice. The Legion of Mary
and Our Lady’s Sodality has
disappeared.
In 2000, the church was
“wreckovated” at the cost of $1 million. The pews surround a floating altar
table on three sides with the tabernacle located ….. ???
Masses at MHR are highly
innovative. The congregation holds hands for the Our Father and remains standing
for the Consecration. The church has an excellent choir, but the highlight of
the service is the kiss of peace with everyone mulling around the pews hugging
and kissing everyone else. Same-sex partners opening embrace and kiss on the
lips.
The census count for the
September 30 - October 6, 2006 at the Saturday evening and two Sunday Masses was
312 men, mostly “gay” males; 74 women including lesbians and their partners, and
6 children. Some old-timers have remained at the parish and there is a
scattering of homeless people who call the parish their own.
Because of its strategic
location in relation to the Castro, MHR has always had its share of homosexual
men and women in the congregation, especially following the end of the Second
World War when port cities like
In 1981, shortly after the
AIDS epidemic broke out in these same port cities, the pastor, Father Tony
McGuire, formed a Gay and Lesbian Outreach Committee. Since that time, more than
18,000 AIDS deaths have been reported in
Under
The current pastor, Father
Steve Meriwether has been at MHR for more than four years. He has also served as
Chancellor for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, both under Archbishop William
Levada, who has since been elevated to cardinal and made Prefect of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and his successor and bosom buddy,
Archbishop George Niederauer. Meriwether openly champions the cause of “gay”
liberation. A photo is posted on the parish web site of the priest dressed in
full regalia sprinkling holy water on the MHR contingent of marchers at the June
2006 “Gay Pride” Parade. Other parade snapshots include parishioners dressed in
bright royal blue T-shirts with the MHR logo and marching behind a banner “Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church – your
parish church in the Castro for 100 years” or riding a trolley-bus
decorated with rainbow flags and multi-color balloons. Meriwether says that MHR
provides “gays” with community – a place to belong. He says that the archdiocese
would like to see MHR take a lower (“gay”) profile, but his pro-“gay” advocacy
does not appear to have hurt his career under Levada or Niederauer.
Parish Life Revolves Around AIDS and “Gay” Needs and
Causes
Parish life and parish
resources at MHR are centered on AIDS and the spiritual, social and political
needs and interests of its predominantly “gay”
congregation.
The parish resource
web-page provides links to the
Among the pro-homosexual
guest speakers, lecturers, and preachers to be invited to MHR are “gay”
Dominican Fr. James Alisson, Richard Hardy author of Loving Men, Gay Partners and a popular
speaker on St. John of the Cross, and Charlene Tschirhard from the Center for
Lesbian and Gay Studies.
MHR is a parish of
“ministries” of all kinds – almost. There is the MGM “ministry” serving Midlife
Gay Men support group, a New Leaf “ministry” for counseling of homosexuals,
bi-sexuals and transgendered people. There are AIDS “ministries” of all kinds
including a special African fund for AIDS victims. Social justice looms big at
MHR, but that justice does not extend to unborn babies. Of the more than 20
bulletins selected at random from 2002 to 2006, the A-word was never mentioned.
The bulletin for January 22, 2006 contains not a single reference to the annual
prolife events marking the 1973 Roe Vs Wade Supreme Court decision. MHR does
support World AIDS Day, and Fair Trade Awareness Month to insure that
parishioners buy the politically correct brand of coffee
beans.
There are occasional
traditional and ethnic celebrations at MHR.
In 1991, Archbishop John R.
Quinn Mass held a Forty Hours Devotion for relief from the AIDS
epidemic.
MHR maintains close
relations to outside homosexual organizations. In July 2006, the homosexual Metropolitan Community Church
of San Francisco, an affiliate of the Universal Fellowship of
Metropolitan Churches, began holding its Wednesday evening Taize services in the
sanctuary of the church. An MCC-HIV support group also meets at MHR.
Sex Abuse Scandal at
MHR
On March 10, 1994,
the
O’Shea, who had, at
one time, headed the archdiocese’s Outreach program for “gays” and lesbians and
also served as Director of the Propagation of the Faith, was accused of the
molestation of at least eleven young boys. He was defrocked by Archbishop Quinn
and spent two years in jail awaiting trial.
In 1972, while he
was serving at Most Holy Redeemer, O’Shea molested two brothers, ages eleven and
fourteen. He brought the two boys up to his trailer at
Even though archdiocesan officials knew that O’Shea had “a
problem” with young boys, the priest had continued to be shuffled from one
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Come to
MHR
In late October 2006, all
of the moral putrefaction that had been festering for years at Most Holy
Redeemer came to a head with the discovery that the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence, an organization of homosexual drag queens nationally known for their
anti-Catholic and blasphemous parodies, had signed a lease with Father
Meriwether for the rental of the large parish hall located under the main
sanctuary of the church for charity bingo.
Actually, the first of the
salacious “Revival Bingo” games operated by the “Sisters” had already taken
place on the evening of September 7, 2006, in Ellard Hall. According to a “gay”
reporter covering the night’s festivities, prizes for the AIDS fund-raiser
included bottles of wine, porn DVDs, and an assortment of sex toys. Punishments
inflicted on bingo guests for violating game rules including a rule against
ringing cell phones included being forced to kissing the rear end of a “sister”
and cavity searches for bare-butted leather men. The revelry continued from 7
p.m. to 10 p.m.
The parish bulletin for the
first week of Sept. 2006 did not mention the “Revival Bingo.”
Father Meriwether was out
of town for the event. He had checked himself into a rehabilitation facility in
During Meriwether’s
absence, Archbishop Niederauer had appointed Chancery official Rev. Harry G.
Schlitt as a temporary administrator for MHR. Rev. Schlitt however was away in
As Master of Ceremonies for
the November 2 games, the “Sisters” selected Peaches Christ, a well-known drag
queen freaknick notorious for his Midnight Mass film series. Peaches claims to
be a descendant of Jesus Christ.
Scheduled to make a special
appearance at the November bingo were the finalists for the annual “Bare Chest
Men” contest. Seven of the contestants will be putting themselves up for auction
at the Eagle Tavern leather bar’s dinner/date party to be held on November 12,
2006. To date, more than 40 former “Bare Chest” men have succumbed to AIDS.
Fortunately, the November 2
event never took place. News concerning the “Sister” bingo games w posted on
Mark Shea’s weblog, e-mails and calls from irate Catholics flooded the Chancery.
On October 31, the “Sisters” were informed by the archdiocese that their lease
was canceled. Archbishop Niederauer
put Fr. Meriwether “on leave.” A spokesman
for the archdiocese stated that the archbishop was not aware that the “Sisters
of Perpetual Indulgence” were leasing MHR’s parish hall and that the entire
incident was a most regrettable affair.
Indeed it was. But
it was only one of many in a long litany of travesties against the Faith and
against Catholic morals that have been permitted at Most Holy Redeemer Church by
the Archdiocese of San Francisco for over two decades. Don’t let this happen to
your parish. Contact your bishop today and voice your
opposition to the
Section II
A
New John Jay Study on Clerical Sex Abuse
The American bishops
will also be casting ballots to release $335,000 of the $1 million earmarked
last year for research on the causes and context of sexual abuse by clergy. The
total cost of the new three-year study by the John Jay College of Criminal
Justice (CYNY) is estimated to be between $2-3 million.
The original John Jay
study titled “The Report on the Causes and Context of the Current Crisis in the
Catholic Church” was released on February 27, 2004, by Justice Anne M. Burke,
chairman of the USCCB National review
Far
into the study, on pages 80-83 in a section titled “Special Issues Related to
Sexual Orientation,” we read that “the overwhelming majority of reported acts
of sexual abuse of minors by male clergy and religious, were boys.” That is, the
report reiterated what is known but has never been acknowledged by the USCCB -
that “homosexual behavior was characteristic of the vast majority of abuse cases
– 81% of the reported victims of Catholic clerical abuse, were
boys.”
The
report pointed to 1) the rise of homosexual “sub-cultures” in seminaries,
dioceses, and religious in the post-Councilor era of The Second Vatican Council
2) the contemporary glorification of homosexuality and the organized Homosexual
Movement 3) the acceptance of homosexual candidates for the seminary and the
ordination of known homosexual to the priesthood and 4) the corresponding
failure of bishops and religious superiors to promptly carry out disciplinary
action against the offending conduct, as contributing factors to clerical sex
abuse.
One of
the major flaws in the study was that the data on clerical sex abuse by priests,
religious and deacons was self-reported (and under-reported) by Catholic dioceses
and religious orders.
Only
minors were included in the study. The report did not include the sexual abuse
of dependent adults such as mentally retarded men and woman or the abuse of
power involved when homosexual bishops and cardinals violate their vows and
sexually seduce seminarians under their protective care.
Female
religious orders were not surveyed. Sexual abuse by lesbian nuns against females
was not addressed. In fact, the bishops have yet to address the “delicate” issue
of moral turpitude in female religious orders and the role played by American
nuns in the promotion of the homosexual agenda in the
Church..
Another major flaw of the original John Jay Report was that the issue of
clerical sex abuse was studied outside the context of the presence of a large
contingent of American homosexual bishops and cardinals in the
Among
the most dangerous recommendations to the USCCB found in the original John Jay
Study was the development of special “(sex) educational” programs for
kindergarten children upwards as a “solution to sex abuse.”
These
so-called “safe-environment” programs have become scandals in themselves. Not
only do these (sex) “education” programs violate the rights of parents, but they
been shown to be harmful to young children. Their over-all
effect has been to penalize potential victims, i.e., young children, and their
families, not criminal clerical abusers, and those in Church authority, who
protect them.
New John Jay Study a
Waste of Time and Money
The new John Jay study
is expected to examine three specific area related to clerical sexual
abuse:
·
An historical overview of the
problem of clerical sex abuse.
·
An analysis of the temporal,
structural, and leadership factors within the Catholic Church that framed the
response of individual dioceses to the problem of criminal, predatory unchaste
clerical pederasts.
·
An examination of the clinical and
psychological aspects of pederasty, in general, and clerical pederasty, in
particular.
According to the
USCCB Office of Media Relations, the drafters of the John Jay proposal claim
that “the Church is funding a study of ground-breaking significance in the field
of research into sexual abuse of children,” and “will have historical
significance for the Church itself.” This scenario is largely wishful
thinking.
The heart of the pederasty
scandal in the Church is the rise of the Homosexual Collective within the
hierarchy. Homosexual cardinals and bishops
play a significant role in the sodomite underworld in the
No “study” funded by the
USCCB is going to change this reality. This is a Herculean task that only the
Vicar of Christ himself can successfully address.
Please -
Urge your bishop to vote “NO” on the funding for the new John Jay report on
Clerical Sex Abuse, and “NO” “ABSOLUTELY NO! on the Guidelines for Homosexual
Ministries.
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Script – Since the American bishops are on record as opposing
the redefinition of marriage and so-called “holy unions” between homosexual
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