LETTER NO. 8 TO HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS AND BISHOP KEVIN VANN!
THE DOCTOR'S ARMY - BY PETER J. SMITH - WHY THE TEACHINGS OF LITTLE-KNOWN MEDIEVAL SAINT ARE FINDING A NEW AUDIENCE IN LAY PEOPLE DETERMINED TO REFORM THE CHURCH
"The St. Peter Damian Society formed in August ... Jonathan Carp, general director of the newly established "Damianites," told Angelus News that many Catholics were aghast at how often bishops and chanceries resorted to "bureaucracy legalese," acting no better corporations caught in a scandal, rather followers of Jesus Christ filled with sorrow, penance, and righteous anger....
The Damianites are calling for the hierarchy to restore widespread public and private penance, publicly excommunicate sexual abusers and their enablers in the Church, and restore the Church's "rite of degradation" that publicly strips shepherds who prey on their sheep or turn a blind eye to be stripped of their offices before the congregation of the faithful...."These are public crimes, and public crimes deserve public punishment," The scandalous failure of justice, systematic betrayal of victims, he added, was driving Catholics out of the Church...
WHO WAS ST. DAMIAN ?
THE NINE GOALS OF THE ST. PETER DAMIAN SOCIETY
4. THE RESTORATION OF THE SUPREME SACRED CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY OFFICE AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF ITS DISCIPLINE APPARATUS.
6. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INVESTIGATIONS BY WELL-INTENTIONAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES.
8. THE COMPREHENSIVE RENEWAL OF SEMINARIAN VETTING AND FORMATION AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE 2005 CRITERIA FOR THE DISCERNMENT OF VOCATIONS.
9. THE AMENDMENT OF THE PONTIFICAL SECRET INSOFAR AS IT REPRESENTS AN OBSTACLE TO INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CLERICAL ABUSE. stpeterdamiansociety.org ----George H. Kubeck
IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT.COM - THURS. FEB. 14/19
ANGELUS - JANUARY, 25, 20129 --- (LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA)
THE DOCTOR'S ARMY - BY PETER J. SMITH - WHY THE TEACHINGS OF LITTLE-KNOWN MEDIEVAL SAINT ARE FINDING A NEW AUDIENCE IN LAY PEOPLE DETERMINED TO REFORM THE CHURCH
The Dallas chapter of the St. Peter Damian Society prays the rosary in front of the University of Dallas' Cardinal Farrell Hall
"The St. Peter Damian Society formed in August ... Jonathan Carp, general director of the newly established "Damianites," told Angelus News that many Catholics were aghast at how often bishops and chanceries resorted to "bureaucracy legalese," acting no better corporations caught in a scandal, rather followers of Jesus Christ filled with sorrow, penance, and righteous anger....
The Damianites are calling for the hierarchy to restore widespread public and private penance, publicly excommunicate sexual abusers and their enablers in the Church, and restore the Church's "rite of degradation" that publicly strips shepherds who prey on their sheep or turn a blind eye to be stripped of their offices before the congregation of the faithful...."These are public crimes, and public crimes deserve public punishment," The scandalous failure of justice, systematic betrayal of victims, he added, was driving Catholics out of the Church...
WHO WAS ST. DAMIAN ?
"He wrote widely circulated letters and sermons condemning the rampant sexual abuse of men, women and children within the Church, and the failure of the pope and bishops to punish clerical misconduct...Damian held the laity were indispensable to holding bishops and the Pope accountable....Damian outlined the laity's ecclesial and secular roles in enforcing Church discipline...
They aim to have a 501c3 nonprofit established by Feb. 21, the day the bishops and pope meet in Rome to discuss the global sex abuse crisis the Feast of St. Peter Damian....
THE NINE GOALS OF THE ST. PETER DAMIAN SOCIETY
1. THE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION BY THE HIERARCHY OF BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PENANCES.
2. THE EXCOMMUNICATION OF ABUSERS AND THEIR ENABLERS.
3. THE RESTORATION OF THE RITE OF DEGRADATION.
4. THE RESTORATION OF THE SUPREME SACRED CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY OFFICE AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF ITS DISCIPLINE APPARATUS.
5. FULL AND TRANSPARENT AUDITS OF ALL RECORDS ON SEXUAL ABUSE AND MISCONDUCT AS WELL AS ALL FINANCIAL RECORDS, TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE HOLY OFFICE - WITH LAY OVERSIGHT.
6. THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INVESTIGATIONS BY WELL-INTENTIONAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES.
7. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OF THOSE GUILTY OF CIVIL CRIMES TO THE APPROPRIATE CIVIL PEOPLE.
8. THE COMPREHENSIVE RENEWAL OF SEMINARIAN VETTING AND FORMATION AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE 2005 CRITERIA FOR THE DISCERNMENT OF VOCATIONS.
9. THE AMENDMENT OF THE PONTIFICAL SECRET INSOFAR AS IT REPRESENTS AN OBSTACLE TO INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CLERICAL ABUSE. stpeterdamiansociety.org ----George H. Kubeck
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