Cardinal McElroy Is Now Canceling A Faithful Priest For Calling Out The Moral Depravity Of Current And Recent Prelates

Today I became aware that yet another priest of the Archdiocese of Washington is being canceled.  Father Michael Briese, stationed at St. John the Evangelist in Silver Spring MD is getting the axe.  To wit:

This letter from McElroy is dated less than two weeks ago.  McElroy announced his intention to reduce Fr. Briese to the lay state.  Could this post, as reproduced by Complicit Clergy, have aroused McElroy's ire?  If so, Father Briese wouldn't be the first one to ruffle the feathers of the gay cartel within the DC chancery now, would he?   He's not the first faithful priest to prick McElroy's conscience, either.  When McElroy was Bishop of San Diego, he lashed out at Father Richard Perozich when the latter reminded his parish that it is a mortal sin to vote for pro-abortion Democrats.

At the same time that Father Briese published his piece, I reposted an article by my blogging colleague An Archdiocese of Washington Catholic, detailing how Cardinal Gregory reinstated a priest, Father Adam Clark, credibly accused of homosexual abuse.  Of course, who can forget the debacle caused by Cardinal Wuerl and his lapdog, Bishop Knestout, when they expelled Father Guarnizo when the latter denied Holy Communion to a flaming lesbian.  You can go to my posts between Feb-April 2012.  One odd thing: there was no mention of this in either the Catholic Standard or Our Parish Times, although the incident literally made international news.

So now Father Briese is getting the axe.  I suppose Father now knows he has nothing to lose by spilling all the beans that he has in his substack post today, alleging that both Cardinals Gregory and McElroy were involved in their own perverted dalliances.  I say "alleging" because I have not yet seen solid evidence that these crimes occurred.  They are entirely believable.  Recall that very soon after Gregory assumed his position in Washington, he sang the praises of Fortunate Families in his first "theology on tap" talk that he gave. (Note: the video has been taken down, but see this)  He also had nothing to say about the "gay pride Mass" that occurred at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown two years ago.  I wager a bet that the Holy Trinity pastor is still a priest in good standing.  Here is more on McElroy - and that's just from this humble blog.  I'm sure more exists elsewhere.

In his post today, Father Briese states that it's up to the laity to call them out.  He's right.

Mike McCormick On The Anchor Team

Today's Anchor Team featured Michael McCormick, a former stenographer of the Biden administration.  McCormick relates how he often saw ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick in the White House, and why he believes that McCarrick was instrumental in the selection of Francis as Pope..  He in turn relates how the "deep church" helped tilt the 2020 election to Biden.

From his vantage point, he stated that the election of Trump upended the plans that progressives had for the United States and ultimately western civilization.  However, I am not going to rehash all the video's contents here.  Suffice it to say that he puts forth a very optimistic view of the current trajectory of this nation.  Please watch this.

I guardedly share this optimism, although caution is needed.  I believe God has blessed us with the election of Trump.  He certainly saved us from the unmitigated disaster that would have ensued, had Kackle-lot Harris won the White House.  Many people, an ever-increasing amount of people have been praying their daily Rosaries as requested by Our Lady of Fatima.  They have also been assisting at the Traditional Latin Mass.  Lex orandi, lex crdendi, lex vivandi (forgive any misspellings of the Latin).  

This is no time to grow complacent or to relax in our intercession for this world.  Much sin, particularly against life, family, sexuality, still is prominent.  There is overt hostility towards God and disregard for Our Lord's crucifixion and the salvation that He offers us.  Keep up the prayer, keep up the momentum, keep up the work.

Pro-Abortion Assailant Gets Slap On The Wrist In Baltimore

In May of 2023 outside the Planned Parenthood on Howard Street in Baltimore, two elderly sidewalk counselors were brutally beaten by one Patrick Brice.  Coverage of the trial was published in the Defend Life newsletter's most recent issue.  Today Brice was sentenced for the attack.  This sentence amounted to not much more than a slap on the wrist.

The prosecution requested ten years imprisonment.  Instead he received one year of home detention; he can still go to work and keep medical appointments.  After that he will be on a three-year probation; during that time, he cannot go anywhere near an abortuary or a pro-life pregnancy center.

Such is justice in liberal Baltimore.  The ruling, while profoundly disappointing, is by no means surprising.  I don't know if any civil suits are in the making; I hope they are.