Monday, June 24, 2002

A Priest Goes from Brooklyn

A Catholic priest, 'Father' Cyriacus Udegbulem, who raped a woman in a church rectory in 2000 while working for the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested in Texas on June 21. He is facing 10 charges, including sodomy and rape. Udegbulem is a visiting priest from Nigeria. This was all reported in the June 22 issue of 'The New York Times,' in an article titled, "Priest Charged in Rape in 2000 in the Rectory."

He wasn't arrested two years ago because the Brooklyn diocese engaged in the criminal act of obstruction of justice, and did not report the crime to civil authorities.

The only reason this Roman rapist is being brought to justice now is because of the media coverage that has exposed these Catholic atrocities. I thank God He is using the media to shed some light on this Catholic insistence of protecting sexual predators. It's too bad our political authorities have not been more pro-active in protecting women and children from the Catholic Church.

Udegbulem's name was one of dozens on a list of sexual abusers grudgingly provided to the District Attorney this past April by Brooklyn bishop Thomas Daily. Without the media coverage, Rome would still have this rapist out on the prowl.

The Catholic Church, in what we may call its "Criminal Protection Program," got Udegbulem a job as a hospital chaplain in Laredo, Texas. He was then enrolled in a Texas A & M International University master's program in counseling psychology. I guess the fox must have been preparing to re-enter the hen house!!

Thomas Daily is also the "Supreme Chaplain" of the Knights of Columbus, a 1.6 million member men's Catholic fraternal organization. He has a column each month in their magazine, and we can only wonder what Bishop Daily has been advising Catholic men!

Please keep praying that our Lord Jesus Christ does not delay in righteously dealing with an international organization that protects sexual predators, because - which child or woman is next? May our prayer for Romanism be from Psalm 7:16, "HIS MISCHIEF SHALL RETURN UPON HIS OWN HEAD, AND HIS VIOLENT DEALINGS SHALL COME DOWN UPON HIS OWN PATE."