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Offline Viva Cristo Rey

Re: SSPX Priest Backpedals on Kauffman Case
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2021, 06:53:17 AM »
The priest who broke vows of chastity should be defrocked.  Period.  

And defrock these queer pedophiles too.  
It seems ugly history is repeating itself.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean condoning and concealing sin and sinners.









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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: SSPX Priest Backpedals on Kauffman Case
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2021, 07:16:33 AM »
Quote from: Viva Cristo Rey on February 23, 2021, 06:53:17 AM
The priest who broke vows of chastity should be defrocked.  Period.  

And defrock these queer pedophiles too.  
It seems ugly history is repeating itself.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean condoning and concealing sin and sinners.

Generally speaking, I don't believe that a priest who had an isolated fall should be defrocked.  Certainly he should no longer have pastoral duties, but he could be sent to a religious house.  Now, a serial violator of chastity should be removed from the priesthood.  It does sound as if Fr. Arzuaga falls into the latter category.  Of course, this is just my opinion.  I could see circuмstances where the pastoral services are required for the good of the faithful and so a priest cannot be defrocked without depriving the faithful of Sacraments, etc.

Of course, any non-consensual assaults, such as rape, or pedophilia, or even consensual ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity ... there's no question about that.
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Offline Pax Vobis

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Re: SSPX Priest Backpedals on Kauffman Case
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2021, 11:12:21 AM »

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Bishop Fellay had then taken severe disciplinary measures to supervise the priest, who had to spend a year in penance in a monastery before being sent to Europe to exercise his ministry there, with restrictions during about ten years, which were applied and respected.

To all those who are saying that there was only "one year" of discipline, did you read the above?  He was suspended for 1 year, then for 10 years after that, he had restricted ministry.  I don't view that as a slap on the wrist.
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Offline hollingsworth

Re: SSPX Priest Backpedals on Kauffman Case
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2021, 11:55:55 AM »
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To all those who are saying that there was only "one year" of discipline, did you read the above?  He was suspended for 1 year, then for 10 years after that, he had restricted ministry.  I don't view that as a slap on the wrist.
You may be advised to quit while you're ahead.  If Fr. Aruaga's relationship to Ms. Kaufmann, producing a child, was merely a tragic one off, then you make a point, perhaps.  However, it appears that this priest's bad behavior was repeated over time.  He is alleged to have been a serial predator.  Apparently, his predations were carried out on other young women while, as it were, he was still a member of the Society.  If that is true, then any idea of severe discipline on the part of +Fellay rings pretty hollow, in my opinion.
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Offline Confiteor Deo

Re: SSPX Priest Backpedals on Kauffman Case
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2021, 09:25:07 AM »
CM also reports that Father Arzuaga wrote a letter of support for James Simmerman, a wealthy businessman jailed for the sɛҳuąƖ molestation of teen girls at attending the SSPX Vermont Mass Center:

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/transcript-spotlight-sspx

Like Fr. Novak, SSPX priest Fr. Pablo Arzuaga also wrote a letter to the court vouching for Simmerman's character. Writing all the way from France, Arzuaga pleads with the court to show the sɛҳuąƖ predator mercy, calling his multiple crimes of repeated sɛҳuąƖ molestation a "mistake": "This is a man who has never done anything wrong before and possesses many good qualities. He made a terrible mistake."

A reference to this letter of support is in her newly available video testimony



And this is the news article relating to this conviction

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Businessman+sentenced+in+sex+case.-a0164781529

In the comments of the original OP Remnant article Miss Kaufmann of the Church Militant Article (EDK) states that Father Arzuaga and James Simmerman are friends and that Simmerman supports the priest financially.

https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/headline-news-around-the-world/item/5280-sspx-priest-backpedals-on-kaufmann-case

If Father Arzuaga is close friends with a convicted sex offender, it adds a lot of credence to her testimony.


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