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Welcome to Holy Spirit in GRAND JURY REPORT DEBUNKED Mims, the “Friendly Town!” BILL DONOHUE, PH.D., PRESIDENT ž FOR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL RIGHTS Live and grow your faith in AUGUST 16, 2018 Read the full 11-page report online at https:www.CatholicLeague.org the little parish with the big Unlike most commentators and reporters, I have read most of the Pennsylvania grand jury report. The heart as we celebrate our purpose of this statement is to debunk many of the myths, and indeed lies, that mar the report and/or inter- Jubilee this year! pretations of it. Myth: Over 300 priests were found guilty of preying on youngsters in Pennsylvania. “Come, Holy Spirit. Fact: No one was found guilty of anything. Yet that didn't stop CBS from saying "300 'predator priests' Come now. abused more than 1,000 children over a period of 70 years." These are all accusations, most of which Come as you wish!” were never verified by either the grand jury or the dioceses. The report, and CBS, are also wrong to say View our color bulletin at holyspiritmims.com that all of the accused are priests. ... some were brothers, some were deacons, and some were seminari- or by weekly delivery: thecatholicdirectory.com. ans. How many of the 300 were probably guilty? Maybe half. ...The report covers accusations extending back to World War II. Almost all the accused are either dead or have been thrown out of the priesthood... RECONCILIATION Myth: The report was warranted because of the on-going crisis in the . Tuesday ...... 8:35am (after Mass) Fact: There is no on-going crisis—it's a total myth. In fact, there is no institution, private or public, that has Wednesday ...... 6:15pm to 6:45pm less of a problem with the sexual abuse of minors today than the Catholic Church. How do I know? Over Thursday ...... 8:35am (after Mass) the past two years, .005 percent of the Catholic clergy have had a credible accusation made against him. Friday ...... 8:35am (after Mass) ... To single out the Catholic Church—without ever investigating any other institution—is akin to doing an Saturday ...... 3pm to 3:45pm investigation of crime in low-income minority neighborhoods while allowing white-collar crimes committed By appointment, call the office, 269-2282. in the suburbs to go scot-free, and then concluding that non-whites are criminally prone. …

BAPTISM, FIRST PENANCE, FIRST Myth: The grand jury report was initiated to make the guilty pay. Fact: False. It has nothing to do with punishing the guilty. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Contact our Faith Formation Director, Chris "Salacious" Shapiro admitted on August 14 that "Almost every instance of child abuse (the grand jury) found was too old to be prosecuted." … so why did he pursue this dead end? Why did he waste millions of McCormick, (321) 269-7785 or FaithFor- taxpayer dollars in pursuit of alleged offenders when he knew he couldn't do anything about it? Because [email protected]. he, and his predecessor, Kathleen Kane (who is now in prison for lying under oath and misusing her Attor- ney General's office) wanted to shame the Catholic Church. Kane and Shapiro have never sought to MARRIAGE/MARRIAGE CONVALIDATION Call six months in advance to schedule shame imams, ministers, or rabbis—they just want to shame priests. Nor will they conduct a probe of psy- chologists, psychiatrists, camp counselors, coaches, guidance counselors, or any other segment of society meetings with Fr. Andrew and Angela. If you where adults routinely interact with minors. … weren’t married in the Catholic Church, why not call to discuss Marriage Convalidation? Myth: Shapiro is seeking to right these wrongs by pushing for legislation that would sus- pend the statute of limitations for sexual crimes against minors, allowing old cases to be ANOINTING OF THE SICK prosecuted. Fr. Andrew anoints the sick after the 11am Fact: This is one of the most bald-face lies of them all. Neither Shapiro, nor Pennsylvania lawmaker Mark Mass in the chapel on the third Sunday each Rozzi, who is proposing such legislation, has ever included the public schools in these proposed bills— month (September 16). Call the office for they only apply to private [read: Catholic] institutions. In most states, public school students have 90 days anointing at home, hospital or nursing home. to report an offense. That's it. Which means it is too late for a student raped by a public school teacher to FUNERALS — DEATH/BEREAVEMENT file suit if the crime occurred this year at the start of the baseball season. … After a death, call Father Andrew, (321) 269- Myth: The priests "raped" their victims. Shapiro said that "Church officials routinely and pur- 2282. Chris Doyon, our bereavement coordi- posely described the abuse as horseplay and wrestling and inappropriate contact. It was none of nator, will call you about funeral details. w August 26, 2018 Page 2

MASS SCHEDULE PREPARE FOR NEXT SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 & MASS INTENTIONS FIRST READING—For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our (Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8). Spiritual Work of Mercy: God, is to us? PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD PSALM—The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord (Psalm 15). ¹ Deceased Special Intention SECOND READING—— Religion that is pure is this: to care for orphans and widows in their afflic- Saturday, August 25 tion (James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27).

4:00pm .... Arthur Moore GOSPEL—This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, Sunday, August 26 21-23). 8:30am ...... For the parish The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English 11:00am ...... Tom Hughes in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. w Monday, August 27 5:30pm ...... Liza Beard ¹ Tuesday, August 28 PARISH NEWS & EVENTS 8:00am ...... Pat Lewis ¹ SAVE THE DATES—Note the dates for these wonderful parish events and programs: Wednesday, August 29 Family Faith Formation ...... Register this weekend (includes sacramental prep) 7:00pm ...... Adult Bible Study ...... Register this weekend for “Walking Toward Eternity” Thursday, August 30 RCIA ...... Inquiry sessions meet Tuesdays. 7-8pm. at church office th 8:00am ...... Raul Ruiz Gonzales Pumariega 50 Anniversary Healing Service ... Saturday, September 22, 1-3pm 50th Anniversary Masses ...... October 27/28, Celebrating Memories - Building New Ones Friday, August 31 Fall Festival & Jubilee Party ...... Sunday, October 28 8:00am ...... Pat & Denny Colon ¹ Advent Mission ...... November, 26-28 Saturday, September 1 BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUMMER CLEARANCE—For a limited time, all Lighthouse CDs are on sale for 4:00pm ...... Arthur Moore w $1 so we can make room for new inventory. Sale ends Friday, August 31, or while supplies last. The Lighthouse Media display rack is located on the wall in the vestibule of the church. Thanks! Coordinator of this ministry is Cathie Gutman. w

ELIJAH CUP—Our parishioners pray for an increase to the priestly and religious vocations in our parish and diocese with the sacred vessel which once held the Precious Blood—the Elijah Cup. A booklet with suggested daily prayers is included in the case with photos for displaying the Cup in a place of honor in your home. The signup binder is in the vestibule . This week: Sunday, August 26, 8:30am — Maryann & Steve Rapanaro Next week: Sunday, September 2, 8:30am — Joe & Patty McKennaw Registration for Family Faith Formation, SPREAD THE WORD!—The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). RCIA is a process for Sacramental preparation & Adult Bible adults to learn about Catholic beliefs & teachings over the course of several months in order to Study continues this weekend after each make an informed decision to become Catholic. Weekly inquiry sessions are 7-8pm each Tues- day at Carpenter Hall (parish office) for 3 months. It’s helpful if you can attend the first meeting or two Mass. w with your friend to ensure their comfort & ease. Need more information? Contact Sam for more de- tails, (321) 431-2660 or [email protected]. w

Spiritual Work of Mercy: THE NEXT 50 BEGINS—The Anniversary Committee is asking for current photos that distinguish st PRAY FOR THE LIVING & THE DEAD your home and family life as “Catholic” as we move into our 51 year as a parish. Photos Our complete list is online at holyspiritmims.com/prayer-list should specifically be from 2017 or 2018, the celebration time-frame of our 50th Anniver- (Faith in Action tab). New names are printed here for two weeks. sary as a parish. Examples include family photos with a holy water font, a crucifix, blessed PRAY FOR THE SICK statue or picture, rosary, Advent wreath, nativity set, Bible study materials, Catholic reading material, prayer space or home altar. Review your photos or take a few new ones, and send Paul Yocom • Frances Reinsch your favorite “Catholic at Home” photo JPG to [email protected]. Your photo will be Joan Barone • Bienvendia Beatty used in a ‘memory book’ — a compilation of our 50th anniversary events. w Angelo Minerva • Charles Kay Cecelia Winter • Chad Biehl CONFESSION TIMES EXPANDED!—Father Andrew is available to hear con- Marcia Benson • Rosemary Skufca fessions after morning Mass on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, Tom Hay (about 8:35am). This is a good sign of the spiritual growth of our parish members. Need help preparing for a good confession? Pamphlets are PRAY FOR THE DECEASED available in a rack next to the confession room. Visit our website’s our web- Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, site’s “Liturgy & Sacrament” page to watch a video created by “Outside da and let perpetual light shine upon them. Box” in association with the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston as it explains May all the souls of the faithful departed the 3 parts of Reconciliation (contrition, confession, satisfaction) in an upbeat and entertaining man- rest in peace. Amen. w ner. This short video is great for kids and adults who might be rusty on the procedure of going to confession. Check it out and let us know what you think: https://youtu.be/Ib8pzvnnL20. w Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 August 26, 2018

those things." He said it was "rape." Similarly, the Times quoted from the report saying that FAITH FORMATION Church officials used such terms as "horseplay" and "inappropriate contact" as part of their CHRIS MCCORMICK, FAITH FORMATION DIRECTOR (321)269-7785 [email protected] "playbook for concealing the truth." Persons ministering to children and the elderly/infirm are re- Fact: This is an obscene lie. Most of the alleged victims were not raped: they were groped or otherwise quired to be fingerprinted & complete the diocesan Safe Environ- abused, but not penetrated, which is what the word "rape" means. This is not a defense—it is meant to set ment Training. Call the office for details: (321) 269-2282. the record straight and debunk the worst case scenarios attributed to the offenders. Furthermore, Church FAITH FORMATION—Registration for Family officials were not following a "playbook" for using terms such as "inappropriate contact"—they were follow- Faith Formation & Adult Bible Study contin- ing the lexicon established by the John Jay professors. ... As for the accusation that Church officials de- ues this weekend after each Mass. w scribed sexual misconduct as "horseplay," one would think that there would be dozens of examples in the report where officials described what happened as nothing more than "horseplay," especially if it is part of HEART OF MARY HOME SCHOOL EDUCA- the Church's "playbook." Here's the truth: In over 1300 pages, the word "horseplay" appears once! To top it TORS—If interested in investigating a home- off, it was used to describe the behavior of a seminarian, not a priest. school option for your children, call and leave Myth: The abusive priests were pedophiles. your contact information. Someone will get Fact: This is the greatest lie of them all, repeated non-stop by the media, and late-night talk TV hosts. back to you with details! (321) 269-2282. w There have been two scandals related to the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church. Scandal I involves the enabling bishops who covered it up. Scandal II involves the media cover-up of the role played by gay molesters. ... Most gay priests are not molesters, but most of the molesters have been gay. Not to PARISH OFFICE — CARPENTER HALL admit this—and this includes many bishops who are still living in a state of denial about it— means the 2399 Holder Road, Mims, FL 32754 problem will continue. ... How do I know that most of the problem is gay-driven? The data are indisputable. The John Jay study found that 81 percent of the victims were male, 78 percent of whom were postpubes- Summer Hours End Labor Day cent. Now if 100 percent of the victimizers are male, and most of the victims are postpubescent males, that Monday - Thursday: .... 9am - 4:30pm is a problem called homosexuality. There is no getting around it. How many were pedophiles? Less than Friday: ...... 9am - 4pm five percent. That is what the John Jay study found. Studies done in subsequent years—I have read them (321) 269-2282 ... Parish Office all—report approximately the same ratio. It's been a homosexual scandal all along. ... Shapiro fed the myth Parish numbers: (321) 269-7785 ... Faith Formation about this being a "pedophile" scandal when he said the victims were "little boys and girls." This is a lie. (321) 269-2252 ... Fax Anyone who actually reads the report knows it is a lie. Most were postpubescent. This doesn't make the Websites http://HolySpiritMims.com molestation okay—the guilty should be imprisoned—but it is wrong to give the impression that we are http://AtticShopMims.com talking about 5-year-olds when more typically they were 15-year-olds. ... In short, this is a ruse: the Times Flocknote ...... Flocknote.com/HolySpiritMims wants the reader to believe that this is a pedophile problem, and that females are as much at risk as Facebook ...... Facebook.com/HolySpiritMims Twitter ...... @HolySpiritMims males, thus discounting homosexuality. This is patently untrue, but it feeds the lie that this is not a homo- sexual scandal. ... CLERGY & OFFICE STAFF Myth: Bishops who sent abusive priests back into ministry did so out of total disregard Pastor ...... Fr. Andrew Wojtan Bookkeeper/Manager...... Dianne Sweeney for the well-being of the victims. Facilities / Maintenance ...... Mike Gutman Fact: This lie is perpetuated by the grand jury report when it ridicules bishops for having priests Faith Formation Director ...... Chris McCormick "evaluated" at "church-run psychiatric centers." The fact is that in the period when most of the abuse oc- Music Director ...... Angela Dirig curred— the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s—almost all persons in authority who dealt with sexual offenses, E-MAIL …@HolySpiritMims.com in any institution, relied on the expertise of those in the behavioral sciences. Quite frankly, it was a time Parish Office ...... Info@... when therapists oversold their level of competence, and many continue to do so. There were very few Communication ...... Bulletin@... psychologists or psychiatrists at the time who didn't overrate their ability to "fix" offenders. It was they Life Teen, Edge, Faith Formation ..... FaithFormation@... whom the bishops relied upon for advice. Yet the media rarely hold them accountable for misleading Music Liturgy ...... MusicDirector@... Church lawyers and the bishops. MINISTRIES — (321) 269-2282 Myth: Cardinal Donald Wuerl is so guilty that he needs to resign. Adoration ...... Faye Smith Fact: This accusation, made by a CBS reporter, as well as others, is based on pure ignorance, if not Altar Servers/Acolytes...... Tony Eckhoff Attic Shop Thrift Store...... Mario Vento malice. ... No bishop or cardinal in the nation has had a more consistent and courageous record than Don- 3234 W. Main St, Mims, FL ...... (321) 269-1699 ald Wuerl in addressing priestly sexual abuse. ... Wuerl's refusal to back down to the Vatican when it or- Bereavement ...... Chris Doyon dered him to reinstate a priest he had removed from ministry; this occurred in the early 1990s when Wuerl Communication ...... Monica Benninghoff was the Bishop of Pittsburgh. The Vatican reconsidered and agreed with his assessment. Who, in or out of Council of Catholic Women ...... Roberta “Bert” Musco the Catholic Church, has ever defied his superiors, risking his position within the company or institution, Edge & Life Teen ...... Chris McCormick over such matters? Wuerl did. Who in Hollywood or in the media has? The people now attacking Wuerl are Eucharist Ministers of Holy Communion ... Leila Lee-Pow doing so for one reason: as the Archbishop of Washington, he is the biggest fish the critics have to fry. ... Hospitality/Coffee & Donuts ...... YOUR NAME HERE Lectors ...... Trudy Martell Conclusion The guilty should pay, and the innocent should not. This is a pedestrian axiom that is being Ministry to the Sick ...... June Costello trashed today when it comes to assessing priestly misconduct, something the Pennsylvania grand jury Pantry Outreach ...... Jim & Bobbie Brown report has contributed to mightily. No amount of compassion for those who have been violated by priests RCIA ...... David Tipton should ever be done at the expense of telling the truth, no matter how unpopular it may sound. ... Technology...... Cindi Cimorelli Ushers ...... Marc Lamb w What is driving the current mania over this issue is not hard to figure out. I am a sociologist who has been dealing with this issue for a long time ... Here is what's going on. There are many vicious critics of the BULLETIN SUBMISSION Catholic Church who would like to weaken its moral authority, and will seize on any problem it has to dis- credit its voice. Why? They hate its teachings on sexuality, marriage, and the family. These very same Next issue September 2, 2018 people delight in promoting a libertine culture, one which ironically was the very milieu that enticed some Deadline 9am, Monday, August 27 very sick priests and their seminarian supervisors to act out in the first place. There is nothing wrong with Email [email protected] Catholic teachings on this subject: If priests had followed their vows, and not their id, we would not have Online holyspiritmims.com/bulletin-submission this problem. Those who refuse to use the brakes God gave them, straight or gay, should be shown the JPG or PNG file (high resolution—1MB) w gate or never admitted in the first place. Photos NORTH BREVARD Promote Your Business Funeral Home 365 Days a Year With 1450 Norwood Ave. AND MORE Titusville, FL 32796 Custom Promotional Calendars! 321-269-9222 Joseph Stevens and Sons Florida’s Premier Home Painting and Restoration Experts Makes a Great Gift For Clients Call for brochure and pricing! 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