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Boy Scouts Is a Plucking Ground for Pedophiles — Like the Catholic Church

Monday, February 24, 2020 at 6:57 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Alas, it seems big men having sex with small boys is just another form of Boy Scouts training; you know, like learning first-aid and survival skills. Catholic Church set the precedent Of course, the Catholic Church set the abominable precedent for child sex abuse. Revelations about the scourge of pedophilia in that institution have caused irreparable reputational damage.  Indeed, the damage… Read more.

Eighty Percent of Catholic Priests Are Gay. And a ‘Gay Cabal’ Rules the Vatican.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 7:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Eighty percent of Catholic priests are gay Some of the most senior clerics in the Roman Catholic church who have vociferously attacked homosexuality are themselves gay. … Eighty percent of priests working at the Vatican are gay, although not necessarily sexually active, it is claimed in the [new] book, In the Closet of the Vatican.… Read more.

Confirmation! ‘Pedophile Priest’ Is Redundant

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 7:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Lately I am finding that I’ve already written all I care to on many topics. Chief among them is the cardinal crime of child sexual abuse (as well as the brazen hypocrisy of homosexual indulgences) in the Catholic Church. I cite in this regard such commentaries as “Pope Accused of Harboring Pedophile Priest,” March 16,… Read more.

Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Pope’s Adviser Damns Papacy

Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 4:25 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Australian police charged a top Vatican cardinal on Thursday with multiple counts of historical sexual assault offenses, a stunning decision certain to rock the highest levels of the Holy See. … In 2014, Francis won cautious praise from victims’ advocacy groups when he created a commission of outside experts to advise him and the broader… Read more.

Cardinals Living Like Princes; the Pope Like a Pauper

Friday, March 11, 2016 at 7:57 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

U.S. bishops living in Italy enjoy luxurious new renovations to their living quarters, despite Pope Francis’s edict that church officials ought to live more humbly. Upon his election in 2013, Pope Francis said that he wanted a church ‘that is poor and is for the poor.’ He arrived with a plan to reform the priorities… Read more.

Francis Shows Papal Fallibility on Homosexuality

Monday, October 5, 2015 at 8:33 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Pope Francis ended his historic ten-day visit to America on September 27. Just days later, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis began testifying about how he had invited her for a private audience and blessed her grandstanding defense of traditional marriage. No doubt you recall the media spectacle Davis created last month, when she “martyred” herself by… Read more.

Hey, why should priests be the only gays welcomed in the Catholic Church?

Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 8:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

A gay cabal in the Vatican continues to indulge and cover up the sexual exploits of gay priests, including abuse by pedophiles. (“The Pope Comes to America,” The iPINIONS Journal, April 16, 2008) Facing outrage from traditional Catholics, top clergy at a Vatican meeting on Thursday altered a document meant to guide future outreach to… Read more.

Habemus Papam: Hail, Francis!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 6:28 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I must confess that when the Vatican introduced Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope this afternoon, I was not inspired. To be fair, this probably had more to do with how little of the Holy Spirit resides in me (the son of a preacher man) than with any failure on Bergoglio’s part to… Read more.

Mother Teresa Is No Saint. She Was a Fraud!

Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 11:27 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

[I]t is my pleasure to introduce you to my favorite columnist, Christopher Hitchens, a regular contributor to such acclaimed publications as The Atlantic, The Nation, Vanity Fair, Slate, and World Affairs. (“Who Outed Valerie Plame?” The iPINIONS Journal, August 31, 2006) I always get a kick out of people regaling me about a topic on… Read more.