Evidently you have not met Fr. Peter West, or people like Cyril Koob or the seemingly millions of other crazy, demented people who haunt his FB page. I can point you to any number of freakin' insane Catholic who believe exactly that fidelity to the Church teaching is not enough and that SSA attraction is itself damnable. They are, of course, freakin' insane and are living demonstrations of why we have a Magisterium (in part, to protect sane Catholics from freakin' insane ones). But such people do exist.
Mark is, of course, mischaracterizing his piece, which was written about a gay man creating scandal in his community by living with his lover while being silent about faithfulness to the teachings of the Church on celibacy.
He is also mischaracterizing Fr. West's (and Cyril Koob's!) convictions and response to Shea's crackpot theology that such a witness merits recognition by the Magisterium as a 'saint'. Mark' conduct is as disturbing as it is dangerous. EWTN needs to cut him loose. Somebody has teed up a petition to have Mark removed HERE. Please take a moment to communicate your concerns to our friends at EWTN.
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The link to the petition is slightly off...
http://www.change.org/petitions/ewtn-national-catholic-register-reform-or-remove-mark-shea
I saw that comment over at Terry's and (as always)was a bit shocked at Shea's delivery.
malignant narcicism...
It is truly sick. Instead of oening up to his gross mischaracterization of conduct that is saintly, he goes on a malicious rampage of slander and lies.
He is abusive. He has found the right gig. Abusive people have a safe place to abuse others in the Catholic Church. They are coddled and protected. Those who whistleblow on abusers are still threatened and maligned.
The good thing about Shea is that he can't last. Sooner or later he's going too far.
I hope this petition finally starts Mark Shea's reformation or his final fall from his undeserved prominence in the apologetics community. I signed the petition and I hope 89 other people do likewise. BTW, this is a logical followup to your post on psychopaths! LOL!
Mr Shea's mature and thoughtful writing style, as evidenced in the quote above in the article, may dazzle his acolytes but I'm not sure how useful it would be to anyone else.
I have not followed the writings of this man because I am sure they would bore me to tears. But on the rare occasions when I come across them he always seems to be bathed in sorrow over the hurt feelings of homosexually-disturbed people. This is indicative of, at the very least, a rather shallow mind. Then there is is weird friendship with the homosexualist priest, Robert Sirico. Mr Shea certainly needs to learn his adopted Faith a little better than he apparently has.
Of course, all these "Professional Catholic Converts" are pretty much the same. They are so busy touting their new-found Faith and the superior intelligence they imagine if gives them that the little things escape them.
FYI: All the comments have been deleted from the post in question.
Thanks Lynne, I will correct the link tonite.
Adrienne, it was shocking.
Dympha, I wonder. I truly do.
Steve, I am not going to lie! The timing sure made me look harder at the description of attributes.
Dan, Ouch!!
Anon, I am so glad he removed the offensive comments.
Carol, if sent Terry Nelson a thank you note for removing Shea's nasty remarks from his blog post.
I'm glad you did Steve. (I hope Terry doesn't wind up being Mark's next victim.)
Good on you, Carol! It's about time. I signed the petition and heartily endorse others do the same.
Thanks again, Carol, but Mr. Shea’s internet activities have not stopped.
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