Catholic Activist Rips Diocese for Liberal Stance on Abortion, Homosexuality
by Jim Brown
July 11, 2006
(AgapePress) - - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, is being criticized for allowing a parish to openly promote abortion and homosexuality and to claim the Bible is not the inerrant Word of God.
The website of St. Joan of Arc Church in Minneapolis features comments from a Bible study teacher who says the Bible is "not inerrant, much less a foolproof guide" to issues such as abortion, women's rights, and homosexuality. St. Joan also holds what it calls an annual "GLBT prayer service" for its homosexual community, and supports an ACLU campaign to protect "reproductive freedom."
Stephen Brady, founder of the group Roman Catholic Faithful (RCF), says there is "nothing Catholic" on the church's website.
"The real scandal, the biggest scandal in all of this, is the fact that Archbishop [Harry] Flynn would allow this priest to do this," says Brady. "And the fact that this priest feels enough courage, enough gumption to put something like this on the Internet for thousands if not millions to see, shows that he has no fear of his bishop."
The parish, states the RCF spokesman, is a "disgrace" for promoting the homosexual agenda. "And the homosexual agenda is the acceptance of homosexual activity, of homosexual sex -- nothing else," he says, "because there's nothing the homosexuals want -- outside of a recognition of gay marriage and homosexual sex -- that they can't have with the blessing of the [Catholic] Church."
The Vatican, says Brady, is not likely to reprimand Archbishop Flynn for allowing the parish to do what it is doing. "He's accountable to the Pope, but we've not seen the Pope take action against bishops who are child rapists -- so I doubt he will take any action against Flynn," he laments.
The archbishop's office did not return calls seeking comment.
Jim Brown, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
