Two priests at St. James Church have resigned from The Knights of Columbus over the NARAL scuffle in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
"Some faithful Catholics may assume that the decision to rent the hall to NARAL means that members of the Knights of Columbus, including us, are indifferent to NARAL's stated purposes," according to a statement provided to the Herald by Kerper. "As a result, we find ourselves compelled to resign immediately from Council 140."
In addition, Kerper told followers that "as long as Council 140 continues to own and operate its hall in a way that seriously jeopardizes the peace of this parish and the reputation of the Catholic Church, Corpus Christi Parish will suspend all cooperation with the Knights of Columbus."
"This event was very much at odds with that," Korten said.
Despite the fact that the Knights of Columbus and the Casey Home Association are considered to be separate legal entities, Korten said, generally speaking, the hall takes directive on policies from the council.
But somehow, a President of the Knights of Columbus entity that legally controls the hall believes his election has wiped out the By-Laws and structure of the corporation:
Richard Spead, president of the Casey Home Association and member of the Knights of Columbus, said he became president of the association nine months ago and insisted the center has continually been operated "without regard to any political or religious beliefs or otherwise."
Spead said the way the linked membership works is that once a person becomes a member of the Knights of Columbus, they automatically become a member of the association.
Spead confirmed the cancellation of the June 9 event and said steps are now being taken to completely sever any and all relationships between the Catholic fraternal organization and the function center.
"Frankly, in doing so, we will be operating as a nonprofit without regard to color, race or creed," said Spead.
The president said he would rent to any group, without regard, because "that's what it means to be a good Christian."
Spead said he fully intends on following through with the separation.
"I really want to make sure the function center survives and the Knights of Columbus survive and go their own way," he said.
After following through on his promise to completely separate the two entities from any affiliation, Spead said he intends on withdrawing from the Knights of Columbus organization and could possibly leave the Catholic church as well.
Calling it a "hypocrisy," Spead said he's astonished the church made such a big deal over the issue, while, Spead said, it continually pays little to no consideration to problems with pedophilia within the church.
That's quite a straw man Spead uses, i.e. he's astonished that Catholics who are actually pedophiles would get bent out of shape about sex, abortion and candy conference. Spead, also by the by told a woman who called to speak to him about the event that she was an "idiot" and that she should bring "pedophile priests with her" when she came to the Hall to protest the event.
This event has been cancelled. Kudos to all who worked on this on the ground, underground and with prayer.
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My apologies for throwing the below message up quickly yesterday. It was a choice between meeting a friend for dinner or blogging a decent explanation for the below.
I chose linking to the blog in an email so the various parties involved would see it was up there and merrily along my way I went!
Barabara Hagan is a New Hampshire Catholic prolifer who is exposing the abortion business shenanigans of Bishop McCormack, similar to what we exposed here in Boston.
Let me explain, once again, how the corruption in the Church works.
Here's the plot: The main characters are men with money and Bishops who salivate for money.
God knows I hate using the word "men" to describe these individuals. "Men" is a word I respect and revere. Men are devoted to God and His Church. They love and protect women an children and the sovereignty of our country. They put their heart and soul and everything they have, even their very lives, on the line. Here, I have used the word "men" to describe their gender and I state for the record that I detest using this revered word to give these cowards and weasels legitimacy.
These men use their money to woo and control the Bishops who place money above the salvation of the souls of Christ's flock.
In Boston, we have John Kaneb, Jack Connors, Jim McDonough (whom J Bryan Hehir has put into place) after donating enormously large sums of money to the Cardinal, then make phone calls to the Cardinal saying they want an orthodox Catholic removed from a position because they don't like his dissenting opinions when they want the Cardinal to sign abortion contracts - etc.
Bishops can't get away with covering up pedophile rings and murders of children without laity. (This manifests itself in various ways that really needs to be broken out in another post that I will get to) There are many levels to this toxic environment.)
How Bishop McCormack got away scott free when his fingerprints are all over the pedophile rings here in Boston is a subject for another day. But, he slithered away and he is up in New Hampshire with power players with money influencing him. There are links below to stories about his hospital venture that will be familiar to Catholics.
Meanwhile, back at the dude ranch, along comes Knights of Columbus who have rented their hall to Planned Parenthood for the below-mentioned fundraiser.
Here's how they did it. And, again, it will be familiar.
They go back to the Secretary of States office and file amendments to their organizational docs to give the appearance it isn't them.
Here, we have the Knights of Columbus, filing an amendment to take the name "Knights of Columbus" off of their entity.
The State Officers are working on the issue. There is a great deal of discussion about this matter in the council (no affiliation legally with the Casey Center). Calls to legal representatives have been made.
It works this way. The Council is part of the K of C. The Casey Center is NOT part of the K of C, it is a separate entity called a Home Association. Should be the same people involved in both, but it does not have to be that way.
The Casey Center legal staff has stated that it is illegal for the center to not rent to persons because 1). It is illegal (although what law is being violated I do not know) and 2) it would result in a law suit.
I disagree mightily. We still have freedom of association in this country. The rental of a hall is not the same as rental of housing which is exempt from the freedom of association rights (i.e. I can not refuse to rent an apartment to a handicapped person or a Jew or a “gay couple”).
Apparently some, including Mr. Speed, have received death threats from people saying they were pro-life. Not good form that!
Jordan
"In the end they will lay their freedoms at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.' "
-- The Brothers Karamazov - The Grand Inquisitor, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, 1821-1881
Right out of the gate, let me say that anyone claiming prolifers are making death threats should be asked for their evidence. This caricature that prolifers would threaten lives is slander.
Here's what "Mr. Speed" had to say about the situation:
To: "Jordan Ulery" <jordanulery@myfairpoint.net>
Sent: Friday, May 7, 2010 7:41:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: follow up to stop the chocolate crusade at the Knights of Columbus
Just spoke to Kathy *****. She called Mr. Richard Speed who is a Knight from Portsmouth involved with this fiasco.
He is involved with NARAL being able to rent the hall.
He is absolutely fine with this event and has no intentions of doing anything to stop it.
He called Kathy "stupid" and told her to"bring some pedophile priests with her when she comes to picket."
Call me a skeptic, but Mr. Speed seems to have some antiCatholic prejudices that make his "death threats" rather suspect. I'm going to write back Jordan and get the details 'bout "who" has threatened "Mr. Speed". Perhaps the police should be called to "investigate" the evidence (or lack thereof).
Lastly, and more importantly, women are not as stupid as we look.
Nor are we craven.
We may not be wearing costumes with capes and hats with feathers in them, but by the living and breathing Christ, our Beloved whom we adore, we're going to chase you child abuse - whether it's rape or murders right out of Dodge.
-----Original Message-----
To: jordanulery@myfairpoint.net; emccann777@comcast.net; sjnrccfra@myfairpoint.net; PlanteJD@myfairpoint.net; rpmcdermott@comcast.net; wpgrif@aol.com; G.Taillon@comcast.net; cdonahue@anselm.edu; pbvmnh@gmail.com; MWhalen@RCBM.org; Carl.Anderson@KofC.org
Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 4:05 pm
Subject: Planned Parenthood Sex, Abortion and Choice Chocolate at the Knights of Columbus Casey Center
Dear Sirs: (From the New Hampshire Secretary of Stat's Office
City of Portsmouth Knights of Columbus Home Association.
1993 - Frank Sheehan, President of the City of Portsmouth Knights of Columbus filed an amendment stating that a vote had been taken by the directors of the City of Portsmouth Knights of Columbus Home Association, approving the name change to Portsmouth Casey Home Association,
June of 2001, a reinstatement of the entity was filed with Portsmouth Casey Home Association with an address of St. James Church in Portsmouth, 03802.
According to the annual report of 2005, the purpose of the corporation was to create a "holding organization" for the purchase of real estate.
Thinking perhaps the ownership had somehow changed hands to something that wasn't Catholic, I looked up St. James Church.
It says it's Catholic and there's a big picture of Bishop McCormack in the corner.
This appears to be the end of the charade that the sex, food and candy abortion celebration 2010 and the Casey Center have nothing to do with the Knights of Columbus or the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manchester.
So, what do we have here.
1. Catholic Bishops and Cardinals setting up abortions businesses in New England with lay men running around covering up what's happening with backroom business dealings by lending their business expertise in how to subterfuge it with entity documents.
2. Lying to the women who catch you. Character assassinations.
Gives a whole new meaning to those capes and hats with the feathers in them and the swords around your waist.
Related stories about the safety of women and children in New Hampshire here:
For context - see Info circulated by New Hampshire Catholic Barbara Hagan below:
Choice Chocolate Ticket Order
Choice Chocolate 2010
Celebrating Your Choice for 25 Years
Wednesday, June 9
6:00-8:30 PM
Casey Center
1950 Lafayette Road
Portsmouth, NH
Delicious food, fabulous chocolate, unique auction items--while supporting the great work that NARAL Pro-Choice NH does to protect choice.
June 9 at the K of C Hall in Portsmouth, NH! Fundraiser to kill Babies --NARAL National Abortion Rights Action League holds it's chocolate festival! Somehow they were able to contract with the Knights of Columbus Hall in Portsmouth!
Talk about desecration!
Local Boston Catholic John O'Gorman, who was thrown out of the Knights of Columbus for objecting to the proaborts throwing their weight around inside of the Knights of Columbus has dug up more dirt:
The following PDF from Portsmouth City Council, 16/Mar/2004, shows a petition to allow the building to be used by the K of C and as a function hall - first page, last paragraph.
On its website, http://www.caseycenter.com, the Casey Function Center uses the samePO Box 6550 as the PORTSMOUTH "CASEY" HOME ASSOCIATION, which was just a Business Name change from CITY OF PORTSMOUTH KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HOME ASSOCIATION.
Ladies,
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and it has the same PO Box number as a duck...Then it must be...the Knights of Columbus! God bless all.
There's what I can a "man". Thank God this country still has plenty of them!
