Bishop Coverup

God damn, the priest scan­dal is out of con­trol here in Boston. Both the NY Times-​owned Globe, and the NY Post-​like Herald have writ­ten Edi­to­ri­als demand­ing that Car­di­nal Law step down.

I can’t believe that Car­di­nal Law is going to last many more weeks.

So, you’re an 80 year-​old mother of 11, and former Catholic school teacher… What hap­pens when you write a letter to your bishop, demand­ing an expla­na­tion for why he cov­ered up a child-pornographer-priest? You get yelled at:

Archbishop’s letter to Jeanne Bast

Dear Ms. Bast,

I am sur­prised that a woman your age and with your back­ground would write such a neg­a­tive letter in the sec­u­lar press against me with­out any pre­vi­ous dia­logue. You should be ashamed of your­self! At least you should have reviewed my state­ment regard­ing Father All­gaier and checked the facts before making such a statement.

The Church has enough trou­ble defend­ing her­self against non-​Catholic attacks with­out having to con­tend with dis­loyal Catholics.

For your penance you say one Hail Mary for me.

I am sin­cerely yours in Christ,
Most Rev­erend Elden Fran­cis Cur­tiss
Arch­bishop of Omaha

Is it any wonder people don’t find spir­i­tu­al­ity in orga­nized reli­gion? This asi­nine shit?

Memo to: Bishop Cur­tiss, cc: the Pope

Wake UP! it’s time for another Ref­or­ma­tion. No more kiss­ing rings and dress­ing up in pink robes. No more of this ‘infallibility’ bull­shit. If a priest touches you, he is being incred­i­bly fal­li­ble. God, I feel so bad for the major­ity of good priests. Still, there is a cul­ture of secrecy and hier­ar­chy, and it’s time for it to end. it’s time to rethink the celibacy require­ment, and maybe it’s time to give women more of an oppor­tu­nity to lead, spiritually.

This is still an incred­i­bly medieval insti­tu­tion, which is fuck­ing depress­ing to me. Think of that. There were popes in the 9th and 10th cen­tury who had wives and chil­dren. Shit was fucked up then.