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More on Clergy Scandals at St. Paul's University

St. Paul’s said to be “a curious sort of revolving door” for problem priests

LIFESITE SPECIAL REPORT

OTTAWA, September 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Following LifeSite’s Aug. 12 report on the history of scandals related to some priests at Ottawa’s St. Paul’s University, additional disturbing revelations have been published in the August 29 edition of the U.S. Wanderer newspaper.

The Wanderer interviewed Ottawa Catholic Sylvia McEachern, who has closely followed the St. Paul’s situation for many years. McEachern told the Wanderer that St. Paul’s is “a curious sort of revolving door” for priests with sexual, spiritual or theological problems. She also alleges that there has been an inordinate number of problem priests in the classes of canon lawyers and liturgists “who go from west to east in Canada, from the United States to Canada, and Europe and Africa to Canada, many of whom seem to be either running or hiding.”

McEachern relates the case of “Fr. Martin Wayne, a convicted pedophile from the diocese of Peterborough, Ont. who was sent to St. Paul for a canon law degree and now works for the tribunals of Ottawa and Peterborough, and Fr. William Lum, a judge for the diocese of Rochester’s tribunal, who was sent to St. Paul’s for advanced studies in canon law after he was exposed as a molester.” Lum was one of six priests recently suspended by Rochester’s Bishop Matthew Clark.

Also mentioned by McEachern is “Msgr. Richard Boll., chancellor of the diocese of London (Ont.), who was exposed as a sexual molester at the same time he was testifying on behalf of the diocese” in the Fr. Barry Glendenning civil suit. She states that “another prominent spokesman for the homosexual movement in the Church in the U.S., Fr. Richard Peddicord, O.P., received his degree in canon law from St. Paul’s in the early 60’s.

In 1989, says McEachern, St. Paul’s celebrated its centennial with special guest lectures by prominent dissenters from Catholic teaching.

In its October 22 edition, the Wanderer comments further on the Case of Fr. John Huels, reported in the Aug. 12 LifeSite news. It states that the Ottawa Citizen reported on August 10 that officials at St. Paul’s University knew that Huels was an accused homosexual molester when he was hired. “One of those officials”, says the Wanderer “was Fr. Francis Morrisey, Canada’s pre-eminent canonist.”

Michael Bland, whose exposure of Fr. Huels led to Huel’s resignation from St. Paul’s, is quoted by the Citizen as stating “I’ve been told that Fr. Francis Morrisey knew about Fr. Huel’s history, when he was hired five years ago.” Fr. Morissey declined to comment to the Citizen about the allegations made by Bland. Fr. Morrisey, notes the Wanderer, “helped alleged molester Fr. Joseph Bukoski, canon lawyer for the Diocese of Honolulu chart the process for excommunicating five critics of former Bishop Joseph Ferrario.”

CBS news reported on May 23 “Hawaii's Joseph Ferrario in 1989 was the first U.S. bishop accused of molestation. His accuser sued, but a court dismissed it as too late. Ferrario denied the charges and retired early in 1993.”

Finally, as reported in LifeSite on September 6, a new dissident Catholic social justice magazine, called the Social Edge, (http://www.thesocialedge.com/sponsors.htm ) is sponsored by groups which would appear to share the philosophical and theological preferences of the magazine. Among those sponsors is Novalis Publishing (http://www.novalis.ca/en/index.html )which notes itself as being “an integral part of Saint Paul University”.

Regular contributor to the magazine, Joanna Manning, is known to be supportive of homosexuality and many other dissensions from Catholic moral teaching. Almost all of magazine’s other contributors are also very activist dissenters from Church teaching on many issues. Novalis is highly favoured by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, and so there would seem to be a need for the bishops to seriously question their relationship with Novalis and the other sponsors of the strongly anti-Catholic Social Edge publication.

Finally, as a related item, The U.S. National Catholic Register has published a significant article in its Sept. 15-21 edition, expanding upon the Pope’s recent blunt comments to the Brazilian Bishops.

See
“Pope tells seminaries: no deviants” at http://www.ncregister.com/register_News/091002sem.htm

See
DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE SPONSORS PRO-ABORTION MAGAZINE
http://www.thesocialedge.com/sponsors.htm

ACTION ON SEXUALLY ABUSIVE PRIESTS COMES ONLY AFTER MEDIA EXPOSURE
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