Tag Archives: Catholic Church

“People are being attacked for taking positions that do not support sexual behaviour between people of the same sex. When they express their moral beliefs or beliefs about human nature … they are stigmatised, and worse — they are vilified, and prosecuted. These attacks are violations of fundamental human rights and cannot be justified under any circumstances. States can and …

“In Great Britain, Christians are now effectively second-class citizens, judged ‘unfit’ to care for foster children. If they are unfit to foster children, logically they are also unfit to adopt, and possibly as one British lawyer suggested to the press, unfit to parent their own children, too. Could it happen over here? Yes. We see the first steps of the …

Baltimore Archbishop Edwin O’Brien is calling on Maryland’s Catholics to pray and fast on this Friday in order that God hears their call to prevent same-sex marriage. Good As You has the rest of his message: “The institution of marriage can only belong to the union of one man and one woman because nature – not social prejudice – has …

In a move that is being described as the most sweeping in the history of the American Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has suspended 21 priests accused of sexual abuse or “inappropriate behavior with minors.” The Archdiocese is refusing to identify the the suspended priests and most parishioners will learn of their priest’s involvement when he fails to appear …

“The Administration’s current position is not only a grave threat to marriage, but to religious liberty and the integrity of our democracy as well. Our nation and government have the duty to recognize and protect marriage, not tamper with and redefine it, nor to caricature the deeply held beliefs of so many citizens as ‘discrimination.’ On behalf of the United …

Over the last seven days… Virginia: Pastor Jason Bolton charged with stalking an underage girl. He has a previous arrest for statutory rape.New York: Rabbi Nechemya Weberman arrested for molestation of 12 year-old girl.Georgia: Pastor Albert Turnell charged with possession and distribution of child porn.Alabama: Pastor Michael Wilkerson charged with writing a bad check to purchase $111K Mercedes. He previously …

Even though, as has been documented here many, many times, NOM’s supporters routinely invoke Biblical calls for the execution of homosexuals, NOM has the motherfucking nerve to clutch their beads because LGBT activists peacefully protested outside a Chicago-area Catholic Church.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced a sweeping investigation of molestation accusations and has named 37 priests as suspected child abusers. The Catholic Church in Philadelphia will investigate as many as 37 priests identified in a grand jury report as remaining in “active ministry with credible allegations of child sexual abuse,” Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, said Wednesday. …

Last week the Catholic Church launched a confession app for smart phones, leading some LGBT activists to denounce its makers as promoting anti-gay spiritual abuse. One portion of the app demands to know if the operator has been “guilty of any homosexual activity.” Wayne Besen, executive director of Truth Wins Out, a group that campaigns on behalf of lesbian, gay, …

A Wisconsin lawyer representing victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says he suspects that New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan hid $130M in church money in order to avoid paying molestation settlements. Prior to his present assignment, Dolan was Archbishop of Milwaukee. The lawyer, Jeffrey R. Anderson, who represents clients in 23 lawsuits against the Milwaukee Archdiocese, said $75 million …

The Catholic Church has launched an official confession app for the iPhone. And unsurprisingly, absolution isn’t free. The program – called Confession – went on sale last week through iTunes for $1.99. Described as “the perfect aid for every penitent”, it offers users tips and guidelines to help them with the sacrament. Now senior church officials in America have given …

Once upon a time, Joseph Ratzinger had an organ donor card. But now that’s he’s the pope, his organs are too holy to transplant. In 1999, six years before he was elected to the papacy, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger disclosed that he always carried an organ donor’s card with him and encouraged the practice as “an act of love.” Vatican …

Over the last seven days…. California: Pastor Tommy Gene Daniels held on $6M bail for six felony counts of molesting girls as young as five years old.Massachusetts: Father Gary Mercure on trial for molesting two altar boys.South Carolina: Pastor Daniel Belcher charged with embezzling $200,000 from a former employer.Britain: Catholic Church settles lawsuit filed by three brothers molested by the …

Over the last seven days… New York: Pastor Michael Clare charged with first degree rape of 12 year-old girl.South Carolina: Pastor Ronald Satterfield charged with running a $3.3M Ponzi scheme that wiped out dozens of his congregants.Texas: Pastor Larry Gene Martin charged with aggravated sexual assault on a 12 year-old girl.Texas: Pastor Randy Carl Russell charged with making a terrorist …

According to a pastoral letter issued by Archbishop Michael Miller and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the only kind of fucking that is holy is vaginal procreative fucking. No blowjobs, no butt sex, please! Married people living chastely can have vibrant sex lives. In the relationship between a man and a woman, chastity helps them love each other as …

GLAD has posted a round-up of the anti-gay groups who have filed DOMA amicus briefs in their case, Gill v. Office of Personnel Management. Agudath Israel of AmericaAmerican College of Pediatricians [FAKE]Attorneys General of SC, UT, IN, MI, COConcerned Women for AmericaCongressman Lamar SmithEagle ForumFamily Research CouncilFoundation for Moral LawRobert GeorgeGeorge GovermanLiberty CounselMassachusetts Family InstituteNARTHNational Legal FoundationNational Organization for MarriagePacific …

Clip description via Andres Duque: “Speaking to reporters about efforts to bring a same-sex civil unions bill to the Peruvian Congress, homophobic Bishop Luis Bambarén tells reporters they should use the word ‘faggot’ instead of calling homosexuals ‘gay’.”