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Church Militant TV - Pride and Prejudice

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Continuing from yesterday's post, I'd like to take a quick look at CMTV's personal response to the SSPX press release ( Church Militant: Response to SSPX press release ).

Since Baresel's first article was shot down ... they appear to be trying to save face.  First, by reiterating the assertion that the SSPX is somehow sheltering Fr. McLucas ... even though he isn't a member, doesn't reside with the SSPX and ... well wasn't convicted of a crime. They show their bias by restating the unproven allegation that Fr. McLucas committed sin with the woman in her twenties. Later they correctly state that this is an allegation. 

Since there isn't any traction here they move on to other allegations, listing them as 'Evidence of protecting sexual predators'.

Case 1 Fr. Peignot: It's weird that CMTV makes this case, which ends with the SSPX "... After Andre took his complaint to the Vatican, the Vatican authorized the SSPX to begin a canonical trial against Peignot, which found him guilty of sex abuse". Doesn't really support their allegation, the SSPX is sheltering him, then in the end they condemn him.

 Case 2 Kevin Sloniker: While it they make it look like the abuse happened on an SSPX camp, it leaves out that the incidents occurred elsewhere: 
Some of the incidents occurred when Sloniker took boys on the road with him in his truck, according to court testimony. There are more alleged victims in Washington and North Dakota, according to court testimony.
I guess they also missed this part:

To the Faithful
Society of St. Pius X 
Immaculate Conception Church and Academy
PO Box 206
Post Falls, ID 83877 
Statement to the Faithful about Kevin G. Sloniker 
Kevin G. Sloniker had been attending and serving Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Post Falls, ID, where he was a volunteer camp counselor in summer camps around a decade ago. 
He has been charged in state court with very serious crimes concerning children and is now in police custody. 
The Society has been cooperating fully with the police investigation of Mr. Sloniker for more than five weeks. 
To date, the Society of St. Pius X has not been advised of any report of criminal activity at the church or on the summer camps. The investigation is ongoing. 
The Society of St. Pius X, its priests, and its employees take the protection of minors most seriously. The summer camps are quite structured and supervised, and, since 2012, the Society of St. Pius X has required background checks for all camp counselors.
The Society of St. Pius X assures all victims of abuse and their families of its compassion and prayers. 
Any further questions about this statement should be addressed to Fr. Scott Gardner, Legal Secretary: (816) 733-2522.
October 29, 2015 http://icc.id.sspx.org/en/faithful
The incidents also occurred at the homes of the victims.

Case 3: Fr. Christophe Roisnel: This is also weird as I tried to reconstruct the events. Acts committed in 2010, dismissed in 2011, complaint filed in 2013, arrested in 2014, sentenced in 2017. According to this article, the victims at first denied what had occurred.  So there is more here than CMTV would like you to know.

So really, CMTV needs to improve its journalistic integrity and dig a little deeper instead of just picking parts of articles that seem to support their prejudice against the SSPX.

--- just some quick thoughts.

P^3



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