It’s clear to even the most casual readers of this blog that
I am no fan of the Catholic Church. I suffer fools, I suffer wingnuts, I suffer
morons, but I cannot suffer hypocrisy.
The Catholic Church has spent decades, centuries even,
talking up all the good they do in the name of children, while hiding child
rapists and pedophiles to avoid any shame. They say they help the poor and yet
they give the recently resigned Pope, Pope Benny the Quitter, the Catholic
MGB™, a palace in which to live with his male secretary while millions go
hungry. So, no I am not a fan.
The newest target of my rage is one Roman Catholic Cardinal
Keith O’Brien—the head of the Catholic Church in Scotland, the most senior
Catholic prelate in all of Britain, and its sole cardinal eligible to vote in
the upcoming papal conclave—who was suspected of engaging is homosexual affairs
with priests and whomever he could get his hands on.
Now, naturally, the good Cardinal denied all of this, and
railed against those who would besmirch his name by linking it to The Gays, but
then, well, he resigned and it looked like the stories were true. But still he denied and denied and denied until……
In recent days certain allegations which have been made against me have become public. Initially, their anonymous and non-specific nature led me to contest them.
However, I wish to take this opportunity to admit that there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal.
To those I have offended, I apologise and ask forgiveness.
To the Catholic Church and people of Scotland, I also apologise.
I will now spend the rest of my life in retirement. I will play no further part in the public life of the Catholic Church in Scotland.
So, we can all smile smugly and say, Oh, I knew it but before we do that let’s also remember that
Cardinal Keith—as he’s probably known at the local Gay Bar—was one of the most
outspoken and highest-profile homophobes in the entire Church. He imagined
himself the leader of the Roman Catholic Church’s war against The Gays, and repeatedly
smeared loving and committed same-sex couples for having the temerity to ask
for marriage equality. All while he was boning a priest.
He spread fear among his minions, calling marriage equality a
“grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right” and threatened an
“unprecedented backlash” if the Scottish government allowed same-sex couples to
marry. He also lied, which I guess is what one does when one becomes a Cardinal
and a priest-f**ker, when he said that if same-sex marriage became legal in
Scotland, the Catholic Church would be forced, forced, to perform same-sex weddings. He called -sex relationships unhealthy
and inferior to opposite-sex relationships, and said they are detrimental to
children; he whipped himself into a frenzy and said that marriage equality
would force schools to stock what he called “homosexual fairy stories.”
While f**king priests and lying about it.
Is it any wonder that the numbers of people leaving
the Catholic Church grows every day? I mean, why would you stay with a religion
that spreads hate and fear and horror stories when the scariest stories of all
happen within the church walls?
not only are they raping kids, but they extort money from their followers whilst sitting on some real estate/paintings/gold/houses that COULD be sold to help others.
ReplyDeleteI left in 1977 and never looked back. organized religion is such bullshit!
Priests should be able to have adult, loving, mature relationships with whomever they please. All these celibate men have way too much time on their hands.
ReplyDeleteHow often is it that the most outspoken homophobes have in reality been sofar back in the closet that they have been to "Narnia"?
ReplyDeleteThe only thing that seems to be growing in most traditionl churches these days is the absence of people and silence...
A reality check is needed and maybe the first step should be some open and honest acknowledgement of the truth instead of hiding behind the image, money and hipocracy....
*steps down gracefully from soapbox*
"why would you stay with a religion that spreads hate and fear and horror stories when the scariest stories of all happen within the church walls?
ReplyDeleteFTW!!!
The Catholic Church, like most organized religion that served a purpose throughout history, is no longer necessary.
ReplyDeleteWhat Cardinal O'Brien did was totally wrong and hypocritical, but interestingly he had recently called for the abandonment of enforced celibacy in the Catholic Church. I wonder if the church did allow priests to marry whether there would be less abuse of those in the church's care?
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