There have been many stories about the LEGION OF CHRIST and
its now infamous founder, MARCIAL MACIEL (1920-2008) but today, I have noticed
the continuing scandal has reached our doorstep in the name of the Rev. Thomas
Williams, a native of Bloomfield Hills ,
Michigan
Father Williams, a member of the legion of Christ and a well
known spokesman for the Vatican
on NBC and CBS has stepped down from his role as professor of moral theology at
the Legion’s university in Rome .
The reason for him stepping down and taking a sabbatical
from active ministry was the fact that he had fathered a child some years back
and as hard as the Legion tried to keep it a secret, it finally came out and he
as well as the Legion, had to admit to the cover-up and of course, their utter,
utter hypocrisy.
In now appears that there are a number of Legion priests
under investigation for sexual abuse (sound familiar) and the Vatican can no
longer keep it under wraps.
I will have a lot more about the age-old scandal and
cover-up but as to Father Williams, who was called Father-What-A-Waste by Katie
Couric because he was so handsome, I can only say that at least he was not a
child molester like a lot of his fellow clerics were and are.
He was handsome and was attractive to women who are also
attracted to priests as forbidden fruit. He acted on his normal human instincts
but instead of doing the “right thing”, he decided that he would have the best
of both worlds; sex with women and a comfortable life as well regarded
professor and author and a professed celibate. One of his 14 books was titled:
Knowing Right from Wrong: A Christian Guide to Conscience.
My problem with him is that he lived a life based on a lie
and he taught students a code of conduct and conscience that he did not follow
or believe in. My problem with the Church is that it compels priests to live
lives that are totally abnormal and changes them into people that are not quite
human and members of our human society.
My problem with the Church and its leaders is that living a lie
seems quite OK to them and covering-up priestly sins are somehow OK with God if
it’s done in the name of keeping a false façade in place so church members keep
thinking that their leaders are somehow holier than they are and that they
truly represent Jesus on earth and all their pronouncements about all things
should be treated as the Gospel truth and obeyed without thought.
I guess I am puzzled that with all the shit rising to the
surface at the Vatican ,
how can Catholics keep acting as if nothing has changed…are they all really a
bunch of sheep?
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