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The Book on the Trinity, every faithful Catholic priest would love as his next present
This is Br. Bugnolo's English Translation, of Saint Bonaventure's encylopedic book of theology on the Trinity: With this book, your priest will always have something intelligent and awesomely inspiring to preach to you about
God the Father, God the Son & God the Holy Spirit!
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Brother Bugnolo and AJ, I cannot be grateful enough for your reports and shows!
From the above article “according to the Los Angeles Times, ‘St. John’s in Camarillo fielded a disproportionate number of alleged molesters, records show, in some cases up to a third of the graduating class.’ ”
A third of the graduating class! Now trying to grasp the depth of the problem and from going through some of your reports and those of Christine Niles:
https://stellamaris.media/f/sspx-sued-for-sex-abuse-cover-up-in-california
I still have some unresolved questions that perhaps you and some of fromrome readers might help me understand:
– Most of us who search for the TLM have followed Bishop Schneider advice to attend the SSPX. What I don’t understand is why after Church Militant’s reports on the SSPX were aired the bishop didn’t change his suggestion to advice faithful to attend SSPX chapels as the abuse problem from the reports is not just about some “bad apples”.
– Now, the other remainder would be the FSSP in most places. However, after the unfortunate case of Father Jackson was brought to light :
https://www.fromrome.info/2023/12/13/usa-father-jackson-fssp-confesses-addiction-to-child-porn-says-was-raped-as-a-child/
There’s still some issues to be addressed:
– If Fr. Jackson acknowledged that he had a problem then at some moment he should have sought for help, spoken to a spiritual advisor, priest, bishop, therefore how can it be that the FSSP stated that they knew nothing about his condition?
“Until Fr. Jackson was arrested, the Fraternity of St. Peter was not aware of anything in his words or behavior that could give rise to suspicion concerning such actions.”
https://fssp.com/statement-on-fr-jackson/
– I guess that by this moment there should be results of a thorough investigation on potential victims, is there anything disclosed on this matter?
– The original article posted here goes over the problem in Novus Ordo seminaries, however, what else is it known about tradional seminaries such as the FSSP seminary in Denton, Nebraska? Is there something know about the FSSP seminary in Wigratzbad, Germany?
– In your experience how can we identify a potential threat or molester? What are those subtle signals that we should be aware of?
– What would be the traditional communities, congregations that are still “clean” or “safe” that you could recommend attending?
-Would you recommend attendance to sedevacante groups for the TLM?
Father Jackson, inasmuch as I know the facts of the case, which I did not follow that closely, never acted out his perversion in regard to others in the parishes he was assigned.
But for parents, the best advice is to talk to your local priest about the scourage of pedophilia and see how he reacts. If he is not convincing that he abhors it, then take your children elsewhere.
As regards those institutes which offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, I have been a whistle blower about cases regarding the SSPX and the FSSP as well as two dioceses. So I do not recommend that parents take their children to either institute, but as regards a Diocese, unless it has a public reputation about percentages of which you cite from that article, I would still advise visiting all the traditional mass centers available.
The sad reality is, and I have said this before, that since Vatican II the perverts have been in charge and we are all the victims of their antics and games, though those abused sexually have been the worse abused.
So to all parents I urge you to take your children to Mass, wherever you just the preaching is most conducive to promoting good moral life, and do not let your children serve at Mass, unless at every Mass there is a second priest or deacon, so that your sons are always in the presence of two adults or in a public place.
Sadly, once your sons are old enough to understand, in the kind of language you use with them, explain that they should never get familiar with a priest or a religious, never play sports with them, never be alone with them.
I can tell you that normal men have absolutely no desire to do such things with children, since having given up marriage for the Kingdom of God, their concerned with saving souls, not aggregating children around themselves.
Even the great order founded by Don Bosco, during his life and after his death was infiltrated by pedos. God revealed two of them to the Saint, and he warned them he would see their punishment from God if they did not repent. They did not repent, and the Saint asked God to strike them down dead, and so it happened.
There are a lot of problems in the Church right now, so I do not take any initiative to encourage boys to serve as altarboys. And definitely girls should not do so either. The Altar is a place for adults, and the Hierarchy need to restore minor orders for adult Catholic men. If we can get 4-6 adult men to assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in minor orders, children will no longer be at the risk, and less of these problems will occur.
This is why all Catholics should support the Faithful of Rome this year in electing a Catholic Pope, because the Church needs a profound renewal in discipline and you are not going to get that from the College or Cardinals, who are so morally corrupt that they cannot even follow the most simple rules during a Conclave.
As for altar boys per se, it was not until the Black Death killed most of the clergy in Europe in the years 1348-1350, that altar boys were even used. Before that only adult men in major and minor orders served in the Sanctuary. So we should not consider the institution of altar boys the norm.
Brother, thanks for the recommendations!
Let’s consider that most seminarians and NO priests need to go through either the FSSP or SSPX seminaries or clergy to learn the TLM.
In your article:
https://www.fromrome.info/2022/07/19/former-fssp-seminary-rector-arrested-again-for-parole-violation/
Father Jackson was the rector of the FSSP seminary from 2000-2006 however, several concerns remained unsolved.
-Who ordained Fr. Jackson ? I couldn’t find any data on wikipedia.
-In your show with AJ about the pedo network you mentioned that you got to know who appointed Fr. Jackson as rector of Denton seminary, but you didn’t mention his name.
-I couldn’t find the whole list of rector appointments at the FSSP seminary from where most of the traditional priests in the American continent receive formation. Any suggestion?
-After the unfortunate case of Fr. Jackson, the FSSP seminary should be thoroughly investigated. Are there any news on the topic?
-Is it possible to find detailed information and complete history on all the priests ordained at Denton seminary, who ordained them, who was the rector at that time, dates, etc ?
Please do keep the great investigation that AJ and you are doing!
I do not know this information. But you are correct, the Seminary should be investigated. If any former seminarian wants to contact me in private, he can post a comment, here, beginning with ” NOT for Publication “”