Sunday, July 4, 2021

IN the NEWS - Reaches all the way up to Cardinal Dolan

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Genesis 13:13
 
"Bombshell allegations are emerging in a lawsuit over alleged sexual misconduct in a Catholic seminary and discrimination against a former student-turned-whistleblower.

The suit names New York's Cdl. Timothy Dolan; the archdiocese of New York; the Pontifical North American College (NAC) in Rome; the NAC rector, Illinois priest Fr. Peter Harman; the NAC vice rector, Washington D.C. priest Fr. Adam Park and others. In a stunning development, recently-filed affidavits now identify the former Springfield bishop as the current archbishop of Omaha — George Lucas.

Former seminarian Anthony Gorgia filed a legal complaint in February with New York State's Supreme Court. The complaint describes accounts from numerous credible witnesses who allege a history of sexual harassment and misconduct by Fr. Park toward vulnerable seminarians. These allegations include graphic sexual acts by Fr. Harman and a former bishop of Springfield, Illinois at an orgy in the presence of seminarians; a massive cover-up by Dolan and a network of complicit Church officials.

In a separate new affidavit, a former special agent in charge (SAC) for the Federal Bureau of Investigation explained his analysis of incriminating evidence. He cited video footage that led him to find "entirely credible" an eyewitness account of Harmans' and Lucas' graphic sexual acts at an orgy involving subordinate seminarians. The former SAC divulged "the alleged dimensions and specific descriptions of Harman's and other participants' intimate body parts" and "the graphic sexual acts attributed to Harman and Lucas, among others." 

New affidavits filed in court also reveal compelling long-standing ties between Dolan and Lucas dating back to their rise to power in the archdiocese of St. Louis. According to these affidavits, their relationship indicates Dolan's personal interest in concealing predation which had the potential to out Harman and Lucas.

The former SAC not only implicates over 30 U.S. and Vatican bishops — who received and ignored numerous incriminating reports against Harman, Park and the NAC — but also Bp. Kevin Vann of Orange, California as a firsthand witness to the graphic misconduct alleged against Harman and Lucas." ChurchMilitant