“Isolated Episode”
According to news sources, Bishop Carlos Sevilla of the Diocese of Yakima, WA, a Jesuit, may have knowingly hired a ex-seminarian from Mount Angel Seminary in Mount Angel, Ore. who had four charges of encouraging child sex abuse/ child pornography levied against him by the state of Oregon. Bishop Sevilla was aware of his employee’s history which included accusations against him of viewing child pornography at the seminary. The Bishop is also claimed to have known that the ex-seminarian has had contact with Catholic youth at the retreat center for several years.
Bishop Sevilla said he had always been and will continue to be deeply committed to keeping the church a safe place, but admitted that it “wasn’t a good hire,” but he also thought that the criminal charges stemmed from what could have been an “isolated episode.” The diocese has already paid out about $1.25 million to resolve sexual abuse claims involving seven priests.
Yes, when you are obedient I take away your weakness and replace it with My strength. — Jesus to St. Faustina (Diary, 381)
Having disdain for Tradition can lead to the popular fallacy that supposes that our fulfillment as human persons arises from the satisfaction of our emotional desires for self-definition and self-actualization; without any regard to objective philosophical, religious or moral truths. Further more, this therapeutic mentality defines sin as more on the level of social concerns than one of spiritual life and death, which ultimately destroys the need of our obedience and loyalty to religious authority - making one weak and useless as spiritual fathers and protectors. May God help and have mercy on all of us.
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