Priests speak out against abuse by their bishops by Church Militant
Nine
priests gathered on Tuesday at Church Militant studios to reveal how
egregiously they've been treated by their bishops. It's called the Persecuted Priest Summit.
Church
Militant did something that has never before happened in the history of the
Church in the United States or perhaps the world. We hosted not one, not
two, but nine persecuted priests to let you hear their collective stories of
pain and suffering at the hands of the hierarchy. Some of them you have heard
of; others, not so much. But their pain and their struggles to serve
the Church — which is all each one of them wants to do — are palpable.
These
men represent literally hundreds of other priests from all over the country
who, because of the way Our Blessed Lord structured His Church, have
no recourse except to be at the whims of corrupt or cowardly bishops.
Please
pray for your priests, who desire nothing more than your salvation. This has to
end. GabTweet
All
over the country, hundreds and hundreds of faithful men who have given up
everything to be instruments of Our Blessed Lord to lead us to Heaven are
being persecuted by bishops for nothing more than being faithful.
The interview with them is a bit long and, at times,
difficult to listen to. But we cannot stress too heavily just how important it
is that you hear from them as a group. Please listen to their stories, and
please pray for your priests, who desire nothing more than your salvation.
This has to end.
It's
the first time so many priests have gone public to expose how they're being
persecuted for speaking out and preaching the unvarnished gospel. The following
is a list of the priests who were at the gathering and a short description of
their respective situations:
- Father
Michael Suhy (was booted from his parish for reporting
a Detroit archdiocesan employee who was grooming and sexually harassing a
young man at his parish)
- Father
Eduard Perrone, a well-loved Detroit Archdiocese priest (was
allegedly framed by Msgr. Michael Bugarin,
delegate for clergy misconduct for the archdiocese of
Detroit; Bugarin fabricated a sodomy charge against Perrone in July
2019)
- Father James
Altman (gained notoriety last fall for releasing a video titled
"You cannot be Catholic and a Democrat. Period." Since then
his criticism has gotten him in hot water with the bishop of his diocese
of La Crosse, Wisconsin, William Patrick Callahan; in May, Callahan
demanded Altman's resignation as pastor of St. James parish)
- Father Paul
Kalchik (was a pastor in Chicago till he was forced out of his parish on orders of
Cdl. Blase Cupich for burning a sacrilegious banner that once hung over
the high altar of Resurrection Parish)
- Father Mark
White (was suspended by Bp. Barry Knestout of
Richmond, Virginia; White became upset when high-ranking homosexual
abuser Theodore McCarrick was outed since White was ordained by McCarrick;
he rightly blamed the bishops for allowing a sexual predator free
reign in the Church)
- Father
Ryszard Biernat, a Polish priest (was the secretary to disgraced Buffalo,
New York bishop Richard Mallone; he was forced into silence when he
complained to the diocese that a priest had sexually assaulted him)
- San
Antonio, Texas' Fr. Clay Hunt (ran afoul of his archbishop, Gustavo
GarcÃa-Siller, in 2020 when he warned the infamously flamboyant homosexual
mayor of his town of the spiritual dangers of his very public lifestyle of
supporting sodomy; GarcÃa-Siller revoked his faculties for merely
upholding the gospel)
- Father
Stephen Lefort from the diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (spent years
preparing for the priesthood; he was canned by his bishop after being in a
parish for six months and also ordered to get psychological
counseling; his "great sin" was helping a penitent examine his
conscience in the confessional; Lefort has resorted to working at a
hardware store in order to make a living)
- Father Jeff
Fasching of the diocese of Wichita, Kansas (is being sidelined by his
bishop simply for preaching the Faith: Several
parishioners complained to his bishop, Carl Kemme, who ultimately
took Fasching out of ministry due to their complaints; he has never been
told who is complaining or what they are complaining about)
It's
the first time so many priests have gone public to expose how they're being
persecuted for speaking out and preaching the unvarnished gospel. GabTweet
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