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Re: New priest in Boston, KY
« Reply #30 on: July 26, 2018, 03:29:43 PM »
Hi Ladislaus-

If you re-read your posts, you will see they are the textbook definition of rash judgment: To hold a firm conviction regarding the evil of another without good evidence.

That is precisely what you are doing when you start from the premise that it is a mortal sin to bring children within 300 miles of someone, based on:

1) he was in Pennsylvania

2) he has the poor judgment to team up with Fr Pfeiffer

I believe you are sufficiently intelligent to understand this, and consequently can only conclude that your passions are overcoming your intellect.

I can’t imagine any priest of whatever persuasion telling you anything different.

Re: New priest in Boston, KY
« Reply #31 on: July 26, 2018, 03:50:51 PM »
The faithful are CORRECT to conduct scrutiny of priests that have been living under a rock.

That's called PRUDENCE.

Also, Fr. Pfeiffer has an established pattern in this regard of drawing pedo priests to Boston.

If he had no others,  then you might suggest people are being rash.


Re: New priest in Boston, KY
« Reply #32 on: July 26, 2018, 04:07:46 PM »
If I had children, I would not take them to OLMC to Mass.  I don’t need legal proof or to have literally witnessed abuse.  This isn’t calumny, it’s exercising prudence and doing my duty to protect my children.  
I hope none of what is suspected turns out to be true. Even if Fr. Poisson is entirely innocent of wrongdoing, there are other serious reasons to stay away from Boston.

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Re: New priest in Boston, KY
« Reply #33 on: July 26, 2018, 04:19:50 PM »
I think you are right about Fr Poisson. Let's not malign his character!

However, what would possess someone to join Boston? Desperation?

I agree.

But having re-read the entire thread, I couldn't find any instances of maligning Fr. Poisson's character. His judgment maybe (which is public knowledge) and pointing out the history of Boston, KY and Fr. Pfeiffer's connections to various priests of questionable background -- but that is a fact.

Anyone attaching themselves to the sick joke that is the Pfeiffer cult DESERVES to be given a wide berth, treated with extra caution, and given the full package of investigative scrutiny (more than for a usual priest). Prudence demands it!

As some have pointed out, Fr. Pfeiffer has a pattern, enough to be a modus operandi at this point. Like I said above, if I were an independent priest I wouldn't get involved with Fr. Pfeiffer (at this point, in 2018) just for the sake of my reputation. Why has this priest foolishly done otherwise?


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Re: New priest in Boston, KY
« Reply #34 on: July 26, 2018, 04:26:01 PM »
When this story first broke, I thought to myself, “How and why does an FSSP priest end up in Boston, unless there is something we are missing?”

(It’s ok to consider the possibility without evidence, so long as you don’t form a firm conviction imputing evil to another without it)

That's all I have been doing here.

And if one does not want to become independent, then +BW is no option.
With 5 years to consider his options, he still chose poorly, but it was not a sudden and inexplicable flight from the FSSP.

Oh please. The priests allied with +W work together as a group just fine. I know, +W originally called for "a loose network of independent priests" but as a matter of fact there is quite a helpful cooperation between the priests working with the 4 Resistance bishops. Don't sell them short.

And #2) Fr. Pfeiffer HARDLY is a great example of a great structure, organization, or anything like that. Such a reason falls flat on its face.
After all these years Father has just 1 priest (Fr Hewko) and maybe a few priests who haven't made it to Fr. P's "crap list" yet -- but for the most part they have their own private apostolates. As far as day-to-day Boston and Mission apostolate is concerned, it's still just good old Fr. Pfeiffer and Fr. Hewko. Oh, and a small but increasing list of priests with troubled reputations and backgrounds...

PS. #$@#$  I hit modify instead of quote. I do that more often than I like. Sorry. Again, #$!#  
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