tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post4877079068382458614..comments2024-03-25T10:44:07.766-04:00Comments on LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: The Fr. Escalante Tale Goes On...Mary Ann Kreitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-49727422868205421722019-09-16T21:26:39.719-04:002019-09-16T21:26:39.719-04:00Unlike civil law, which is based upon English comm...Unlike civil law, which is based upon English common law, canon law is based on old Roman law. For the latter, there is a greater role for a certain discretion during proceedings. Imagine if you petitioned for a declaration of nullity for a putative marriage (which is another subject for another day). Would you want the testimonies to be published? Probably not. The same process is used by the David L Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-8740931225311996832019-04-28T18:10:24.406-04:002019-04-28T18:10:24.406-04:00My first thought when reading this is that Fr Scal...My first thought when reading this is that Fr Scalia disgraced his father's memory.Restore-DC-Catholicismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17478857915379063106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-87754622298849961732019-04-26T09:39:46.393-04:002019-04-26T09:39:46.393-04:00Maybe Saint Francis deal Sales practitioners can g...Maybe Saint Francis deal Sales practitioners can gather outside the bishop's residence and peacefully pray the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chalet one Sunday.topazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670430994041541934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-87724806096200941502019-04-25T21:45:38.746-04:002019-04-25T21:45:38.746-04:00Jay, whoever you are, you could not have known Fr....Jay, whoever you are, you could not have known Fr. Haley. Everyone at St. John the Beloved in McLean thought he was an exemplary priest. I think you need to explain your diagnosis to the rest of us who knew him perhaps better than you.To McFadden (Sr.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09915063838277908843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-82306452318015272222019-04-25T17:05:31.675-04:002019-04-25T17:05:31.675-04:00Depends on your definition of kook. If being a fai...Depends on your definition of kook. If being a faithful son of the Church with great devotion to the Eucharist and Blessed Mother makes you a kook, I agree. But maybe, Jay, you are the one who's a kook. Possible?Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-1949644620629239322019-04-25T12:18:59.522-04:002019-04-25T12:18:59.522-04:00I knew Fr Haley, he was a complete kook. If he’s y...I knew Fr Haley, he was a complete kook. If he’s your golden boy, then your in big trouble.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815940586536307634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-26588521580058633942019-04-24T17:35:29.777-04:002019-04-24T17:35:29.777-04:00I would have said he avoided answering it. It'...I would have said he avoided answering it. It's unclear whether they are actually investigating it. Which reminds me of a case under Bishop Loverde. A priest at a rural parish and the bookkeeper reported an irregularity with the books of the previous pastor I think and the priest was moved. That's how Loverde dealt with bad news. Kill the messenger. In this case, unlike Fr. Haley, the Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-50401901110776564512019-04-24T17:13:12.227-04:002019-04-24T17:13:12.227-04:00Sounds like Fr. Scalia “answered” that in your pos...Sounds like Fr. Scalia “answered” that in your post.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02522079509667506536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-38470691532869535392019-04-24T16:35:01.809-04:002019-04-24T16:35:01.809-04:00Has anyone from the parish asked the diocese if th...Has anyone from the parish asked the diocese if they are investigating James Blankenship and his unauthorized use of the copy machine to the tune of thousands of dollars in order to promote his St. Isidore garden project?Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-38434313606410497792019-04-24T14:09:27.099-04:002019-04-24T14:09:27.099-04:00http://isidoreproject.org/
The former DRE has bee...http://isidoreproject.org/<br /><br />The former DRE has been removed from the “Our Team” section.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02522079509667506536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-77393997940302680912019-04-24T14:05:34.216-04:002019-04-24T14:05:34.216-04:00Sorry...I did not realize it was not the DRE's...Sorry...I did not realize it was not the DRE's daughter. But regardless, why would any Catholic parents do this to a good priest ....and to their daughter by forcing her to lie? WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO GAIN? Are they working for the DRE's company?<br /><br />If the diocese knows that the DRE was soliciting people into this evil scheme, why do they then not know that Fr Escalante is innocentSusan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-65327629182821395872019-04-24T13:29:55.751-04:002019-04-24T13:29:55.751-04:00Sorry for the misunderstanding, Susan.
The girl&...Sorry for the misunderstanding, Susan. <br /><br />The girl's dad is really hardly in the picture at all. It was the mom, the DRE, and the associate pastor who seemed to be working together. Clearly the DRE was soliciting people to accuse Fr. Escalante. The question is whether the associate pastor was part of the scheme. I hope not, but the mom is at the parish with Fr. Mullaney a lot Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-72287078244519000272019-04-24T13:29:07.608-04:002019-04-24T13:29:07.608-04:00It’s my understanding that Father is now back home...It’s my understanding that Father is now back home from the “treatment” center, and still very much desires to return to the parish, despite the bishop's most recent letter stating that Father was taking a “leave of absence” from the parish to “pray and discern” God’s will. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297960176438380749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-81376345977285755072019-04-24T12:40:39.006-04:002019-04-24T12:40:39.006-04:00It was not the girl’s father using parish resource...It was not the girl’s father using parish resources. It was the DRE. And the DRE is the one who recruited families to make allegations against Fr E.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02522079509667506536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-75105995534894684812019-04-24T12:38:08.462-04:002019-04-24T12:38:08.462-04:00How could any Catholic father and mother pressure ...How could any Catholic father and mother pressure their daughter into lying about a good priest? Don't these parents believe in hell? (FYI - it's REAL and sinners go there.)<br /><br />Using the parish's resources to save money for their own (non-profit?) organization? Why couldn't the girl's father have admitted it and paid the parish what he owed....or at least given the Susan Matthiesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507964871759902557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-37786906404762197862019-04-24T12:25:50.976-04:002019-04-24T12:25:50.976-04:00Actually, I think the BRL article cleared up a lot...Actually, I think the BRL article cleared up a lot of confusion for parishioners! And I wonder if what Fr Scalia meant to say was the article negatively characterized the diocese and bishop’s office.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02522079509667506536noreply@blogger.com