Date: March 18, 2005
From: Rodrigo Valdivia, Chancellor
Re: Statement on McCusker Funeral
We have become aware that an organized campaign is distorting the action of the Bishop in order to advance its agenda and to silence those whose moral convictions are at variance with its own.
Once again, in order to avoid public scandal, John McCusker was denied a funeral in a Catholic church or chapel in the Diocese of San Diego because of his business activities which were contrary to Sacred Scripture and the moral teaching of the Church. The Bishop acted as he did so that the faithful would not be misled and erroneously conclude that the Church condones activities such as those included in the businesses of Mr. McCusker.
It is a mistake to interpret this pastoral action as a condemnation of Mr. McCusker. He should be in our prayers for the blessing of eternal life.
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Friday, August 29, 2003
Defrocked priest buried in Brookline
BOSTON (MA)
Boston Herald
by Eric Convey
Friday, August 29, 2003
John J. Geoghan was laid to rest yesterday in a traditional Roman Catholic funeral rite.
Priests and nuns were heavily represented among the two dozen or so mourners who attended the Mass at Holy Name parish in West Roxbury, the Geoghan family church. Geoghan's sister, Catherine, was also there.
An unidentified representative of Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley attended, said the Rev. Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for the archdiocese.
``People from within the Catholic community are reaching out to Cathy,'' Coyne said ``The most important thing when a Christian dies is that the community prays that he or she is sped to heaven.''
Monsignor George F. Carlson, pastor of Holy Name, celebrated the funeral Mass.
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From the Dallas Morning News in 2002:
BISHOP ROBERT BROM
He is one of about a dozen U.S. bishops who have been accused of sexual misconduct in recent years. Catholic leaders in Minnesota, where Bishop Brom once headed the Diocese of Duluth, have paid a settlement to a former seminarian who alleged that he was coerced into sex.
1 comment:
I don't know which one of the sisters claims to be the wisest but I suspect that it is either the oldest or the youngest .The oldest also claims to be the prettiest and smartest and I dont want to get involved in that. We as a family were involved in a similar situation some years ago and had to make a decision about the life of one of our family members,the most difficult thing we ever had to do.After the medical experts determine no posibility of life is conceivable the ending of a life is a close family decision. The Olddog.
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