'Huge homosexual
underground in the Church'
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Feb 26, 2013 18:29 EST
KRAKOW,
February 26, 2013, A recent paper by
a Ph.D. priest from Poland has been circling the globe in recent weeks and
given heightened prominence by the recent revelations of a Vatican inquiry into
a “gay mafia”inside the Vatican. “Standing with the Pope against homoheresy,” was written in
late 2012 by Fr. Dariusz Oko, Ph.D., a priest of the Archdiocese of Krakow and
Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Pontifical University in Krakow.
Fr.
Oko notes that his discovery of a “huge homosexual underground in the Church”
came from his work in philosophical criticism of homosexual propaganda and
ideology, a study he was encouraged to undertake by various bishops and
cardinals.
“I
began my work as a struggle against a deadly, external threat to Christianity,
but then gradually discovered,” he said, that “the enemy is not only outside
the Church, but within it, as well,”
In
his essay, the philosophy professor reveals his own run in with a homosexual
clique in the Roman Catholic Church blocking justice for those abused by
homosexual clergy, in this case a homosexual bishop.
“I
learned about Bishop [Juliusz] Paetz [Archbishop Emeritus of Poznań] by
accident, from a seminarian who told me, all trembling from emotions and
terror, about his having been molested by his own ordinary. He was at a brink
of losing faith, as well as mental and spiritual integrity,” relates Fr. Oko.
“Our
interventions at various levels of Church hierarchy were of no avail, however;
we encountered a wall that could not be overcome, even in a case as
self-evident as that,” he explained. What finally broke through the wall, he
says, was “a tremendous commotion in the media and reaching the Pope himself.”
“Otherwise,
everything was blocked at lower levels of local or Vatican hierarchy,” he adds.
The formation of the Lavender Mafia
Describing
the formation of homosexual cliques of clergy Fr. Oko says:
They
know well, however, that they may be exposed and embarrassed, so they shield
one another by offering mutual support. They build informal relationships
reminding of a clique or even mafia, aim at holding particularly those
positions which offer power and money.
When
they achieve a decision-making position, they try to promote and advance mostly
those whose nature is similar to theirs, or at least who are known to be too
weak to oppose them. This way, leading positions in the Church may be held by
people suffering from deep internal wounds.
They
may actually achieve a dominating position in many areas of church hierarchy,
become a “backroom elite” which actually has tremendous power in deciding about
important nominations and the whole life of the Church. Indeed, they may even
prove to be too powerful for honest, well-meaning bishops.
Fr.
Oko also identifies the “the fear and confusion of the clergy, particularly in
certain dioceses and congregations, when faced with” the topic of
homosexuality. “They escape into silence, unable to articulate even elementary
statements on the teaching of the Church on the subject. What are they afraid
of?”
“Where
does that fear in entire groups of mature, adult men come from?” he asks. “They
must be afraid of some influential lobby which wields its power and which they
may fall into disfavor with.”
Pope Benedict knows and fought bravely
Fr.
Oko posits that Pope Benedict XVI is well aware of this subculture within the
Church and has publicly lamented its “filth” and the damage it has caused.
The
Pope “made cleansing the Church from homosexual abuse and preventing its
reoccurrence in the future one of the priorities of his pontificate,” says Fr.
Oko. “He removed compromised clergymen from their offices with much energy. In
the very first months following his election, still in 2005, he had an
instruction issued to strictly forbid ordaining untreated homosexuals. The
instruction was preceded by a letter sent from the Holy See to bishops around
the world, ordering that priests with homosexual tendencies be immediately
removed from any educational functions at seminaries.”
Later
in 2008, the Pope would issue a directive forbidding even non-practicing
homosexuals from becoming seminarians.
Ably
demonstrating Benedict XVI’s grave concern, Fr. Oko quotes the Pope’s 2010 book
Light of the World, wherein the Holy Father says: “The greatest attention is
needed here in order to prevent the intrusion of this kind of ambiguity and to
head off a situation where the celibacy of priests would practically end up being
identified with the tendency to homosexuality.”
Fr.
Oko’s paper is remarkable, because it is not only descriptive but prescriptive,
providing the tools necessary to engage in the battle to clean up the “filth.”
Why we must take action
In
a clarion call to his fellow clergy and to faithful Catholic layity, Fr. Oko
recalls the Pope’s heroism in combating the homolobby, but says, “He cannot do
it all by himself.”
The
Pope, “needs each and everyone of us. He needs support and healthy preaching in
every local Church. It is a matter of remaining faithful to one’s conscience:
defending the truth of salvation, no matter how much it should cost us.”
Fr.
Oko says standing up for the truth of the faith on this issue is an existential
need for Roman Catholics. “If homolobbyists are allowed to act freely, in a
dozen or so years they may destroy entire congregations and dioceses,” he
warns. “The situation is a bit like that in the beginning of the Reformation,
when entire countries and nations left the Church.”
Fr.
Oko explains how to identify the culprits and then how to engage in battle.
Recognizing the enemy
“Active
homosexual priests are masters of camouflage,” he says quoting another
experienced priest. “The real threat to the Church are cynical homosexual
priests who take advantage of their functions on their own behalf, sometimes in
an extraordinarily devious way.”
“The
homolobby, says Fr. Oko, “represents the very centre of internal opposition
against the Pope.”
“Members
of that lobby in the Church are a relatively small group, but often hold key
positions (which they are very anxious to achieve), create a close network of
relationships and support one another, which is what makes them dangerous.”
What to do
In
terms of action, Fr. Oko suggests:
·
The homosexual mafia
in the Church must be dealt with in a very professional way . We must act like
a prosecutor or an officer in the battlefield;
·
It is important that
we find a large group of people of goodwill to protect us and support what we
do. That group should include clergymen, as high in the hierarchy as possible,
experts in various fields, archive records specialists, lawyers, policemen,
journalists, and as many believers as possible;
·
It is good to exchange
information, documents, and evidence. The global network of homolobbies and
homomafias must be counterbalanced by a network of honest people;
·
The Internet is an
excellent tool, which makes it possible to create a global community of people
concerned about the fate of the Church;
·
The more we know, the
more we can do. We need to remember that in these matters we are like “sheep
sent among wolves,” and so we must be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as
doves” (St. Matthew 10:16). We must have the courage to stand up against
evildoers, as Christ had the courage to stand up against the Pharisees of his
times;
·
We cannot build our
lives on sweet illusions, for only “the truth will set you free” (St. John
8:32), and that is why “God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit
of power, of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7); and
·
All interventions
should be made with utmost respect and love for every person, including the abuser.
He
concludes that, remembering to “recognize them by their fruit” (cf. St. Matthew
7:16) – and with the publicly known events of the last quarter-century, the
reaction of the Holy See, and the documents it issued – we must clearly and
explicitly admit: yes, there is a strong homosexual underground in the Church.
* See the full document here.
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