>>23008381 (LB)
>It's so soothing to listen to Melania talk.
Concur
>the Beast goes on
Nice tie…
So much faith…so little discernment.
Vatican congregation member allowed priest accused of child abuse to live near Catholic school
A bishop appointed last year to the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops allowed in 2000 a priest who sexually abused minors to live in a Chicago rectory around the corner from a Catholic school — in a residence Cardinal Blase Cupich later said was not appropriate for priests accused of abuse.
The Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops is charged with overseeing investigations into bishops accused of negligence, cover-ups, or improperly handling clerical sexual abuse allegations.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Feb. 26 that in September 2000, Fr. James Ray was permitted to live at St. John Stone Friary, a house of the Chicago province of the Augustinian religious order. The friary is half a block from a parish elementary school.
According to diocesan records, the move required approval by now-Bishop Robert Prevost, who was then an Augustinian provincial superior.
Prevost, now a diocesan bishop in Peru, was received in a private audience by Pope Francis last month. He is widely reported to be a likely candidate for a senior position in Rome, or for a major archdiocese in the United States, in a slate of personnel changes expected from the pope in coming months.
Approving the move to a friary in close proximity to a Catholic school is not a violation of canon law. But similar moves have been criticized by victims’ advocates in recent years, while they might once have raised few red flags among Church leaders.
And a public apology from Cardinal Cupich after a very similar situation in 2018 indicates the significant shift over recent decades in Church practice, public awareness, and internal expectations regarding the Church’s handling of clerical sexual abusers.
According to diocesan records reviewed by The Pillar, Ray had been restricted in ministry for nine years by 2000, and had been accused multiple times of sexually abusing boys, at least one of them for years. He had admitted to bringing at least one boy to sleep in his rectory bed, but said of one allegation that he “did not recall” having sexually assaulted a child with whom he admitted to having “cuddled.” Ray did admit to diocesan officials that in 1993 he engaged in sexual activity with a man while on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a supposed Marian apparition site in Croatia.
A July 2000 memo from a Chicago archdiocesan official indicates that the Augustinians at the friary said they would permit Ray to rent rooms in the building after they received permission from their provincial superior, Prevost. Ray actually moved in two months later.
The friary was the second choice of a residence for Ray, who was required to move in 2000 because of the pending sale of the diocesan property where he had been living under supervision. The first rectory proposed for his residence was rejected by the archdiocesan review board because it was on the same property as a parish school.
Archdiocesan records say the Augustinian residence was considered suitable for Ray because “there is no school in the immediate area.”
In fact, St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic elementary school is less than a block from the residence. But there is no record that archdiocesan officials who visited the site or Augustinian leaders raised that as a concern, even though a Catholic school principal had warned the archdiocese years earlier that Ray sometimes took children out of class, and that he was “touchytender” with some students.
moar…
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/vatican-congregation-member-allowed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/26/22302129/catholics-priest-child-sex-abuse-st-john-friary-james-ray-richard-mcgrath-hyde-park-augustinians
>He has kind eyes
>Vatican congregation member allowed priest accused of child abuse to live near Catholic school
They're coming from scammers (just not the GOP scammers) hence all the different no's
>EVERY pedo will be looking to him for help, like previously…
Vatican congregation member allowed priest accused of child abuse to live near Catholic school
You're retarded. Anon dislikes all pedo's and their protectors.
Pedo protector gave you goosebumps.
WTF!! sympathizer detected.
>!!! LEO THE LION HAS ARRIVED !!!
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>>goosebumps intensify
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>anon knows of the occult and gnostic and not a spell caster, but anon thinks the pope just cast a spell of protection upon us, if had to guess.
YOU are the sick fuck.
As you're not very good at comprehending:
>Anon dislikes all pedo's and their protectors.
The Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops is charged with overseeing investigations into bishops accused of negligence, cover-ups, or improperly handling clerical sexual abuse allegations.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Feb. 26 that in September 2000, Fr. James Ray was permitted to live at St. John Stone Friary, a house of the Chicago province of the Augustinian religious order. The friary is half a block from a parish elementary school.
According to diocesan records, the move required approval by now-Bishop Robert Prevost, who was then an Augustinian provincial superior.
Prevost, now a diocesan bishop in Peru, was received in a private audience by Pope Francis last month. He is widely reported to be a likely candidate for a senior position in Rome, or for a major archdiocese in the United States, in a slate of personnel changes expected from the pope in coming months.
Approving the move to a friary in close proximity to a Catholic school is not a violation of canon law. But similar moves have been criticized by victims’ advocates in recent years, while they might once have raised few red flags among Church leaders.
Who Is Robert Prevost?
Ordained in 1982, Leo received a doctorate in canon law in Rome at the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas. He served for two decades in Peru, where he served as Bishop of Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023, and became a naturalized citizen. Prior to that, he served at the Order of St. Augustine, long before being appointed by Francis in 2023 to head the Dicastery for Bishops, a powerful Vatican office that oversees episcopal appointments worldwide, per the Associated Press.
Leo has often emphasized service. In an interview with the Vatican's official news site, he said last year: "The bishop is not supposed to be a little prince sitting in his kingdom," but is "called authentically to be humble, to be close to the people he serves, to walk with them, to suffer with them, according to The New York Times.
Daniel Rober, associate professor and chair of Catholic studies at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, told Newsweek that Leo may have been viewed as a more appealing alternative to Cardinal Pietro Parolin due to administrative strengths and perhaps being "less kind of tainted by the Vatican bureaucracy."
That could also be viewed negatively by a lot of cardinals, especially from outside of Italy and Europe, he added.
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Where Is Robert Prevost From?
Leo was born and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago, where he was part of St. Mary of the Assumption parish near Dolton, Illinois, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report. His Midwestern roots, combined with decades spent abroad, have made him a figure who bridges cultural and geographic divides in the global Church.
"It was pretty apparent back then that was going to be his route," St. Mary's graduate John Doughney told the Chicago Sun-Times. "Some of us had considered it. It was kind of a fantasy for most young men. For him, I think it was true calling."
How Is the New Pope Selected?
The papal conclave is the centuries-old process by which the College of Cardinals gathers in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Only cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote. A two-thirds majority is required to elect a new pontiff, and voting rounds continue until that threshold is met.
The length of time it takes to elect a pope can vary. Francis was elected after two days.
Prevost announced he had chosen the papal name of Pope Leo XIV.
Mary Hallan FioRito, senior fellow at The Catholic Association, told Newsweek that this was a particularly unique conclave in church history due cardinals in areas of the world never before being represented, from places like Burma, Tongo and Cape Verde.
"As they have been meeting here in Rome since the death of Pope Francis, Cardinals from Europe, Africa, Oceania, North and South America and Asia, have been discussing the needs of the people they serve, and are discerning what qualities would be most important in the next pope," FioRito said. "In one sense, every papacy builds upon its predecessors, but each newly elected pope brings his own distinctive personality to the job."
What Has Robert Prevost Said About LGBTQ+ Issues?
Francis was known for a progressive stance on LGBTQ+ issues.
The New York Times reported that in 2012, Leo indicated that pop culture created "sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel." In the speech to bishops, he referenced the "homosexual lifestyle" and "alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children."
What Has Robert Prevost Said About Immigration?
Leo's experience as a bishop in Peru had him work with immigrants. According to The New York Times, he was praised in the country for efforts to support Venezuelan immigrants.
Newsweek could not confirm details of Leo's position on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. However, Leo was a long-standing ally of Francis, who repeatedly called for peace.
Leo's papacy begins amid previous criticism.
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-prevost-new-pope-hungary-vatican-conclave-church-2069350
So is Lyndsey Graham….