" the Judas Crisis" – Priests Falsely Accused and Wrongly Thrown out of the Priesthood? Why? Follow the Thirty Pieces of Silver – a Hsh Special

Holy Souls Hermitage
May 15, 2012

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This post was put together by Father George David Byers (About) on Holy Souls Hermitage. Let me say from the start that I'm proud to stand by my fellow priest, Father Gordon MacRae (About) on These Stone Walls, truly a priest's priest, who provided me with some of the material for this post. I include a photo of myself here as well. I'm not afraid that my picture will be associated with this story. Someone, somewhere has to stand up for the truth. Are there risks with that? Sure. But that's THE FULL BEATITUDE of the beatitudes in the priesthood.

What is written here is in need of some Pulitzer type investigative journalism. And many journalists have written on the abuse crisis, winning Pulitzers for their efforts. Here's another opportunity.

What is written here will make very many people livid with anger. Yet, many more will rejoice. This isn't about sensationalism or disputable points among scholars. This is about the New Evangelization. Scarey for some. For others, that which puts one directly before our crucified and risen Lord Jesus. This is also a matter for civil and criminal courts and ecclesiastic tribunals involving, in the end, the intervention of the Holy Father, for many bishops will be implicated in what is put forth in this post, and rightly so. My incentive is justice and mercy. Period.

If an investigative journalist needs a bit of incentive in order to approach an editorial board or a publisher about this, just remember these few points:

• If priests can be treated with horrific injustice for the sake of sycophantically pleasing agitprop groups, you can bet that those responsible for this abuse of office/power won't hesitate to once again cover up with the same abuse of office/power any sexual misconduct of the clergy. It's all about political correctness. It's all about appearances. And sexual abuse of the vulnerable is also all about abuse of office/power, is it not?
• As long as falsely accused priests are banned from the priesthood solely for the reason of a continuing abuse of office/power of their ecclesiastical superiors, know that absolutely nothing has changed with attitudes which brought us the abuse crisis in the first place. Nothing.
• We have all failed if bishops as guilty as Judas himself for such abuse of office/power are allowed to continue with impunity. If we don't pursue this, it means that we want the abuse of office/power to continue. It means that we desire sexual abuse to continue. These things are all inseparably bound together.
• Following up on this will have the abuse crisis come full circle and will provide hero-priests for those who have truly been victims of sexual abuse by priests. Why? Not only will this be an occasion to gut any tendency to abuse office/power, but it will show real victims that there are many who have suffered in perfect solidarity with them, namely, those priests who were falsely accused by those who would capitalize on the sufferings of real victims, effectively raping those real victims once again. And, as Dawn Eden has shown, true victims do need real heroes to give them hope. Hope is essential. This is about the recovery of hope.