Image via WikipediaBoth local papers continued to follow the potential controversy following the mass at the AMERICAN CATHOLIC COUNCIL meeting in Detroit
I found it very interesting that the newspaper decided to include, as a separate news item, but obviously meant as part of the “story” titled “Gibraltar (Michigan
The archbishop was so eager to “defrock” priests that did not obey him but here, he is allowing a pervert priest to continue to be a priest and minister to Catholics. I hope people find this hugely ironic. The Church is more worried about challenges to their authority than protecting their flock from priest predators.
The priest in question was the Reverend Roger Knapp of St. Victor Catholic Church in Gibraltar, MI who was arrested for exposing himself to a waitress and was given probation and fined in march 2009 BUT he has not been defrocked and helps out in a number of parishes providing mass coverage; this according to the office of the archbishop.
Now let me see if you really get the gravity of the situation. Here is a priest with an obviously verifiable, sexual problem of a criminal nature that has a public criminal record so Archbishop Vigneron had to know about it and here the good archbishop is allowing him to minister to Catholics including children? What kind of fucking moron in a position of such responsibility allows that to happen?
Obviously the archbishop has his priorities screwed up and would rather defrock a retired priest for saying mass than a pervert priest who is a danger to children and others. I am afraid that Archbishop Vigneron is only a microcosm of what kind of people fill the upper echelons of the Catholic Church including the Vatican
The article continues talking about the Reverend Bernard Chojnacki, formerly of the Metro Detroit area, arrested on charges of exposing himself to an undercover officer in Florida
Vigneron is, yes, a fucking moron and a kiss-ass of the highest pedigree to boot. He was two years ahead of me when I was a student at Sacred Heart Seminary College from 68 to 72. He was an obnoxious turn then, and his size and stature as an obnoxious turn now has only grown with time and experience. Within Church circles, if you tow the line, you're fine. And Vigneron has cultivated the art of towing the line to a lofty degree of proficiency. He is so arch-conservative, he was probably circumcised with a stone knife. When I heard of his installment as archbishop of Detroit, I wasn't at all surprised. Imagine, defrocking priest for questioning church authority at a time when parishes are being shut down for not only lack of money and but also priests to staff those parishes. Truly sad. Truly sad, indeed.
ReplyDeleteVigneron is, yes, a fucking moron and a kiss-ass of the highest pedigree to boot. He was two years ahead of me when I was a student at Sacred Heart Seminary College from 68 to 72. He was an obnoxious turd then, and his size and stature as an obnoxious turd now has only grown with time and experience. Within Church circles, if you tow the line, you're fine. And Vigneron has cultivated the art of towing the line to a lofty degree of proficiency. He is so arch-conservative, he was probably circumcised with a stone knife. When I heard of his installment as archbishop of Detroit, I wasn't at all surprised. Imagine, defrocking priest for questioning church authority at a time when parishes are being shut down for not only lack of money and but also priests to staff those parishes. Truly sad. Truly sad, indeed.
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