The Catholic Judicial System at Work
Roman priest James Haley of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, is being brought before a church tribunal March 17. This was reported in the March 11 issue of 'The Washington Times,' in an article titled, "Priest Targeted After Testifying in Suit."
What "crimes" is Arlington bishop Paul Loverde charging Haley with?
1. As the article quotes the diocesan charge: "Use of instruments of social communication (the media) to injure good morals, to express insults and to excite hatred or contempt against the Church."
Haley dared to go to the media and expose two priests, one of whom "...stole from church collection plates and maintained a stash of homosexual pornography." The other "...kept a collection of homosexual pornography in his rectory bedroom."
Comment - My guess is Haley went to the media because Catholic bishops have a track record of protecting thieves and homosexuals in the priesthood.
2. Haley is also charged with: "Sexual misconduct (and) absolution of an accomplice in sexual sin."
Haley was found innocent of this charge by his former bishop in 1998, but Bishop Loverde is dragging it up again in his effrots to smear Haley. The common law concept of "double jeopardy," where one cannot be tried twice for the same crime, has no place in Catholic law - the Roman Church never feels bound by any rule of law!
Bishop Loverde is also going after Haley because he was a good citizen and obeyed a 2002 court subpoena to testify in a trial regarding a priest who had an affair with a married woman, then later married her. In this lawsuit brought by the woman's former husband, Haley supported the husband's contention "that the diocese knew about the affair for months before the priest was ordered to stop seeing (the woman)."
In a last slap of Roman "justice," Haley's assigned defense canon lawyer was only notified this past March 5 of the March 17 tribunal date.
So......this is Catholic "justice." If you're not praying daily that Christ protect bible believing Christians from the Roman Catholic Church - you'd better start!
What "crimes" is Arlington bishop Paul Loverde charging Haley with?
1. As the article quotes the diocesan charge: "Use of instruments of social communication (the media) to injure good morals, to express insults and to excite hatred or contempt against the Church."
Haley dared to go to the media and expose two priests, one of whom "...stole from church collection plates and maintained a stash of homosexual pornography." The other "...kept a collection of homosexual pornography in his rectory bedroom."
Comment - My guess is Haley went to the media because Catholic bishops have a track record of protecting thieves and homosexuals in the priesthood.
2. Haley is also charged with: "Sexual misconduct (and) absolution of an accomplice in sexual sin."
Haley was found innocent of this charge by his former bishop in 1998, but Bishop Loverde is dragging it up again in his effrots to smear Haley. The common law concept of "double jeopardy," where one cannot be tried twice for the same crime, has no place in Catholic law - the Roman Church never feels bound by any rule of law!
Bishop Loverde is also going after Haley because he was a good citizen and obeyed a 2002 court subpoena to testify in a trial regarding a priest who had an affair with a married woman, then later married her. In this lawsuit brought by the woman's former husband, Haley supported the husband's contention "that the diocese knew about the affair for months before the priest was ordered to stop seeing (the woman)."
In a last slap of Roman "justice," Haley's assigned defense canon lawyer was only notified this past March 5 of the March 17 tribunal date.
So......this is Catholic "justice." If you're not praying daily that Christ protect bible believing Christians from the Roman Catholic Church - you'd better start!
posted by Robt. B. at 9:31 AM
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