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Which is how it’s done in Rockford.

Movie about him dramatized adoption of 4 teen-age boys in 1980.

CHICAGO (LifeSiteNews), 4/30/22 — The Chicago Archdiocese has paid an $800,000 settlement over five cases of sexual abuse, one of which involved a well-known priest who was charged with abusing a minor in the 1970s.

Fr. George Clements died in 2019, aged 87, after serving as pastor of Holy Angels Parish from 1969 to 1991. At the time of his installation, he became the second black Catholic pastor in Chicago and was heavily involved in the civil rights movement.  The 1987 movie The Father Clements Story dramatized the priest’s adoption of four teenage boys in 1980.

But of the four priests in the suit, only he is not listed by the archdiocese.

On Tuesday of this week [of 4/30/22], at a press conference held in front of the Chicago Archdiocese, Cardinal Blase Cupich was asked to list Clements publicly among clergy with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse against a minor.

Robert Hoatson, a Road to Recovery co-founder, declared: “Fitzharris is there. Holihan is there. Weston is there. Why not Clements?”

“This happened in February, this settlement,” Garabedian said.

“[Cardinal Cupich has] had all this time to place his name on the website. The time for hiding and secrecy is over. It’s time to be transparent so the victims, the survivors, can try to heal.”

Yes. The latest list, June 8, 2021, has the three named above but no Clements.  Why is that?

Via Ronald Knox, 1 Cor 3.10-15:

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With what grace God has bestowed on me, I have laid a foundation as a careful architect should; it is left for someone else to build upon it. Only, whoever builds on it must be careful how he builds.

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The foundation which has been laid is the only one which anybody can lay; I mean Jesus Christ.

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But on this foundation different men will build in gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, or straw,

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and each man’s workmanship will be plainly seen. It is the day of the Lord that will disclose it, since that day is to reveal itself in fire, and fire will test the quality of each man’s workmanship.

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He will receive a reward, if the building he has added on stands firm;

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if it is burnt up, he will be the loser; and yet he himself will be saved, though only as men are saved by passing through fire.

vv. 10-15: In its immediate reference, this passage seems to imply that we cannot decide yet how much good the influence of any Christian teacher (e.g. Apollo) has done; it is only at the last day that such things will be made known to us. (Cf. 4.5 below.) But it has always been understood as having a wider application; each . . . of us is building on the foundation of Christian faith which has been laid in him, and the merits or demerits of his building will be made known only at his judgement. At the same time, we are to recognize that many whose actions in this world have had little value, will themselves escape condemnation, though only by passing through the fires of Purgatory.

But he’s beaten the rap and is now stronger than ever. He’s a fearless guy, smart too, and dogged.

Endangering further the already endangered but maybe catching up a little lately Democratic mid-term outlook as Republicans bet on a backlash against debt forgiveness in states or districts where college attainment is low.

Money out of their pockets, so why wouldn’t there be a backlash?

Accused of avowing heresy and fomenting schism in a homily subsequently widely viewed on a traditionalist site, Fr. Vaughn Treco got a canon lawyer to plead his case. Here is the nub of his argument  according to Canon Law.

April 11, 2019: Fr. Treco’s lawyer explains to Bishop Lopes why he should reverse his suspension and excommunication of Fr. Treco for his 11/25/18 homily:

First: No recognized legal procedure was followed, it was a conviction decided by the Bishop, who in a “pastoral action” lawfully made his complaints and gave instructions to his priest.

One of a series . . .

The girl’s got talent, let’s face it.

Snowflakes.