"But my friend said the
atmosphere at CM was 'weird,' with disturbing sexual undertones and
ended up in counseling for post traumatic stress after leaving. Is my
friend any less of a credible witness than Hannah, a major contributor
to the claims made by Jassy Jacas against the SSPX?" - Mary Ann Kreitzer
Mary Ann Kreitzer, the President of the Les Femmes-The Truth website, gave the Catholic Monitor permission to repost their great piece titled "Church Militant and their Crusade against the SSPX":
The negative reactions to Susan's post, Snow White and Priest Charming - A Modern Tale of Female Vindictiveness, are
starting to appear in the combox moderation list. I haven't decided
which ones, if any, I'm willing to post. Certainly not the one using the
F-word and calling Susan a bitch.
Church
Militant (CM) has been on a crusade against the SSPX for some time.
They've also gone after The Remnant and Catholic Family News,
specifically Michael Matt and Chris Ferrara. Why? Apparently because
they support the SSPX and are working to "unite the clans." More
recently CM turned their cannons to take aim at LifeSiteNews, one of the
best Catholic news sites on the internet in my opinion.
All
of this appears to be motivated by CM's determination to damage the
SSPX as much as possible and any groups who take a more objective view
of the SSPX apostolate. What's particularly appalling to me is their
designation of all critics as "pedophile enablers." Is name-calling an
intelligent argument! It seems that in CM's playbook an accusation, no
matter how questionable, must be true if it advances the SSPX assault.
They resemble the Democrats in that way -- and Saul Alinsky. "Pick the
target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." Push the agenda,
the truth be damned if it doesn't advance the agenda.
I've
been grieved to see the trajectory at Church Militant, because I helped
them get started when they were still calling themselves Real Catholic
TV. After several years I told the webmaster to take their link off our
website as their tactics and reporting became more questionable. I
stopped trusting them several years ago.
While
they're busy pointing the finger at others, Church Militant has their
own skeletons in the closet. I'm friends with someone who worked for
them for several years and have heard quite a few disturbing stories. I
never pursued or wrote about them, because it was all second hand and
lacking any hard evidence. However, there are two reviews on the site
below from people claiming to be former employees that seem to confirm
what my friend described. But they're anonymous, and that always makes
me take things with a grain of salt:
I
also read an article several years ago written by a student who
interned at CM. He quit after they refused to use a piece he wrote about
Cardinal Timothy Dolan where he tried to be "fair and balanced." He
said he was instructed to make it more of a hit piece. To his credit he
refused and left rather than compromise his integrity. I wish I had
saved the article.
Pushing
and magnifying the negative, CM's obvious approach, is the same secular
tactic of, "If it bleeds it leads." I've often thought the mainstream
media actually relished calamities, even "human interest" tragedies that
can boost ratings. What a cliff hanger to see rescue teams digging
through rubble to rescue survivors trapped under the debris from an
earthquake or building collapse! Indiana Jones, call your office! News
anchors and talking heads almost salivate over tragedies and scandals.
"Wow," you can almost hear them say, "Did you see the spike in our
viewer numbers?"
CM
gives me that same queasy feeling. Are they really about defending the
faith and advancing the truth? Do they love Jesus Christ and the Bride
of Christ, Holy Mother Church? I sincerely hope so. But I have a little
nagging doubt that their main objective is building their media empire
while they demonize the competition. They seem to want to be the only
kid on the block. And, frankly, I've always wondered what kind of faith
inspires a Lenten "retreat" on a cruise ship.
But
there are other disturbing things about CM. It's common knowledge that
Simon Rafe, executive producer, developed a sexually explicit video game
called "The Dark Knight" and that Michael Voris had a long sojourn as
an active homosexual. Would you want either of them to babysit for your
children? Can people repent? Of course! But my friend said the
atmosphere at CM was "weird," with disturbing sexual undertones and
ended up in counseling for post traumatic stress after leaving. Is my
friend any less of a credible witness than Hannah, a major contributor
to the claims made by Jassy Jacas against the SSPX? Jassy says she
didn't believe Hannah at first and Hannah's former roommate disputes her
story. The commenters on Susan's post went ballistic about her
attacking "a victim." Isn't that getting a little old? Remember the
attack on Brett Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford? And the attack on
Clarence Thomas by Anita Hill. "The women get nothing out of it!" the
victimologists shout! Ford got a book deal and Hill is in the black museum instead of Thomas.
But what if the priest, not Jassy or Hannah, is the victim? Has CM interviewed Hannah's former roommate or do they consider her a "pedophile enabler" like all those who disagree with their biased coverage?
LifeSiteNews
has a three part series on the allegations against Fr. Duverger and the
SSPX written by Stephen Kokx. It's a model of fair journalism giving
both sides of the story. I recommend especially Part III:
SSPX priest planning defamation lawsuit against Church Militant, lawyer says
Be
sure to read the comments as well. Is there a financial connection
between the SSPX haters and CM? CM accuses LifeSiteNews of being
financially supported by the SSPX. Is that a case of deflection to cover
up their own financial dealings? Who funded the building of their new
studio?
And
then there are all the impressive biography claims. I recently read a
blog post listing CM "deceptions." Since I couldn't confirm the
reliability of the author, I won't link, but he raised some interesting
points. He claimed Voris didn't really graduate from Notre Dame. I tried
to find Voris on the alumni list for 1983 and couldn't. I also looked
on the Emmy list for those years he says he won regional Emmies for
documentaries from1990-1994 in Detroit. I couldn't find any evidence of
that either. But perhaps I missed something. I don't have a research
staff. Maybe it's time for someone who does to give CM the same scrutiny
they give others. In the meantime, I rarely go to their site because I
don't trust them. Sad, because they've done some good work in the past.
As
for Susan's piece, I thought it was brilliant. I probably wouldn't have
included the stuff about Jassy's weight since it isn't necessary to the
story, but it wasn't my story. Susan and I have had some vigorous
disagreements over the years, but we always treat each other with love
and respect because we do, in fact, love and respect one another. I'm
privileged to work with her! I'm so glad she said yes when I asked her
to join my blog! [https://lesfemmes-thetruth.blogspot.com/2021/06/church-militant-and-their-crusade.html]
Stop
for a moment of silence, ask Jesus Christ what He want you to do now and next.
In this silence remember God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost - Three Divine
Persons yet One God, has an ordered universe where you can know truth
and falsehood as well as never forget that He wants you to have eternal
happiness with Him as his son or daughter by grace. Make
this a practice. By doing this you are doing more good than reading
anything here or anywhere else on the Internet.Francis Notes:
- Doctor
of the Church St. Francis de Sales totally confirmed beyond any doubt
the possibility of a heretical pope and what must be done by the Church
in such a situation:
"[T]he Pope... WHEN he is EXPLICITLY a heretic, he falls ipso facto from his dignity and out of the Church, and the Church MUST either deprive him, or, as some say, declare him deprived, of his Apostolic See."
(The Catholic Controversy, by St. Francis de Sales, Pages 305-306)
Saint Robert Bellarmine, also, said "the Pope heretic is not deposed ipso facto, but must be declared deposed by the Church."
[https://archive.org/stream/SilveiraImplicationsOfNewMissaeAndHereticPopes/Silveira%20Implications%20of%20New%20Missae%20and%20Heretic%20Popes_djvu.txt]
- "If Francis is a Heretic, What should Canonically happen to him?": http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2020/12/if-francis-is-heretic-what-should.html
- "Could Francis be a Antipope even though the Majority of Cardinals claim he is Pope?": http://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2019/03/could-francis-be-antipope-even-though.html
- LifeSiteNews, "Confusion explodes as Pope Francis throws magisterial
weight behind communion for adulterers," December 4, 2017:
The AAS guidelines explicitly allows "sexually active adulterous couples
facing 'complex circumstances' to 'access the sacraments of
Reconciliation and the Eucharist.'"
- On February 2018, in Rorate Caeli, Catholic theologian Dr. John Lamont:
"The AAS statement... establishes that Pope Francis in Amoris Laetitia
has affirmed propositions that are heretical in the strict sense."
- On December 2, 2017, Bishop Rene Gracida:
"Francis' heterodoxy is now official. He has published his letter to the
Argentina bishops in Acta Apostlica Series making those letters
magisterial documents."
Pray an Our Father now for the restoration of the Church by the bishops by the grace of God.
Election Notes:
- Intel Cryptanalyst-Mathematician on
Biden Steal: "212Million Registered Voters & 66.2% Voting,140.344 M
Voted...Trump got 74 M, that leaves only 66.344 M for Biden" [http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2020/12/intel-cryptanalyst-mathematician-on.html?m=1]
- Will US be Venezuela?: Ex-CIA
Official told Epoch Times "Chávez started to Focus on [Smartmatic]
Voting Machines to Ensure Victory as early as 2003": http://catholicmonitor.blogspot.com/2020/12/will-us-be-venezuela-ex-cia-official.html