Heads Up: O'Loofah calling out catholic clergy on War on Christmas

[SillyGoose]

Rerun on his previously aired 8pm est show. I will update as needed but I suck at transcribing. :-(

[SillyGoose]

1. OT: I think he is flirting with Nicole Wallace, WHO communications Director

[EFerrari]

2. I can't bear to listen or to watch him. If you can stand to post

a summary, that would be appreciated. And, that would make you a better DUer than I can be!

(we need a holding your nose smilie!)

[SillyGoose]

3. BTW, how's it going with your hit list campaign? I bet the shill w

was overwhelmed with names.

[SillyGoose]

4. only 1 high ranking person would speak to him on Monday

is a minor issue.

[EFerrari]

6. I notice he backed 'way off and got a new ad that week!

:toast:

I'm thinking the next step is to remind binReilly that Christmas is a liberal holiday.

The plot thickens. :evilgrin:

[norml]

5. Check out the wingnut group the young Priest O`Reilly had on belongs to.

Fr.Jonathan Morris was billed as a Fox News contributor.

This is the right wing nut group he belongs to.

The Legionaries of Christ
Novices Accuse Catholic Order of Intimidation, Pressure

The Hartford Courant/June 10, 1996
By Gerald Renner
The Legionaries of Christ, a militaristically styled order of Roman Catholic priests based in Connecticut, calls recruiting candidates for the priesthood "capturing vocations.''

The language is more than figurative, say several men who accepted invitations last year to join the Legionaries' novice training program.

They say that superiors of the tightly controlled, boot camp-like training program would not release them when they decided that priesthood in the Legion was not for them.

They say that the Legionaries tried to manipulate and intimidate them psychologically, refused to return their civilian clothes and subjected them to such intense pressure to stay that they felt they had no choice but to plan escapes and flee.

The Legionaries, who have their U.S. headquarters in Orange, refused to respond to inquiries from The Courant regarding the former novices' allegations. The order declines most requests for interviews, even from Catholic periodicals.

Requests for an interview and questions in writing were directed last month to the order's national director, the Rev. Anthony Bannon, through his secretary, Brother John Curran. Curran accused The Courant of stirring up "scandal'' and said he did not expect Bannon to respond.


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http://www.rickross.com/reference/loc/loc11.html


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5602827

[EFerrari]

7. Boy, is this stupid! And the rest of these comments I preface with,

I'm a lapsed Catholic.

The political arm of the Church alligned itself with the Fundie craziness to divert attention from the pedophilia scandal.

If the Fundies go after the Catholic Church, then the ReThuggery will have a heart attack.

:)

[norml]

8. Minnesota archbishop bars Legionaries from his archdiocese

LEGIONARIES-FLYNN Dec-22-2004 (1,020 words) xxxn

Minnesota archbishop bars Legionaries from his archdiocese

By Jerry Filteau
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a letter made public by an Internet posting in December, Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of St. Paul-Minneapolis informed parish heads that the Legionaries of Christ are "not to be active in any way in the archdiocese."

He also instructed them that the Legionaries' lay associate movement, Regnum Christi, is to be "kept completely separate from all activities of the parishes and the archdiocese." The lay organization should not be allowed to use parish or archdiocesan property for any meeting or program, he said.

The St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese is not the first to bar the Legionaries, a religious order of priests whose approach to ministry and methods of vocations recruitment and seminary formation have been a source of controversy. The Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, has had a similar policy toward the Legionaries and Regnum Christi since October 2002.

With his Nov. 23 circular letter to pastors and parish life administrators, Archbishop Flynn enclosed a copy of a letter he wrote the previous month to Father Anthony Bannon, national director of the Legionaries of Christ.

In that letter he expressed concern that, in meetings and correspondence with Father Bannon over several years, his efforts to learn more about the Legionaries and Regnum Christi and their ministry in St. Paul-Minneapolis brought responses that "tended to be vague and ambiguous, characterized by generalizations about intent and policy."


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http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0407003.htm

[EFerrari]

9. Fascinating. I predict similar gestures all around the country.

And, being gesture "deaf" the Fundies may not get the memo.

:)