A top official in the American Catholic Church has now been forced to resign after it was revealed that they were secretly active on the app ‘GRINDR’ which acts as a hookup app for gay men.
As Pillar Catholic reports:
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, former general secretary of the U.S. bishops’ conference, announced his resignation Tuesday, after The Pillar found evidence the priest engaged in serial sexual misconduct, while he held a critical oversight role in the Catholic Church’s response to the recent spate of sexual abuse and misconduct scandals.
“It is with sadness that I inform you that Msgr. Jeffrey Burrill has resigned as General Secretary of the Conference,” Archbishop Jose Gomez wrote July 20 in a memo to U.S. bishops.
“On Monday, we became aware of impending media reports alleging possible improper behavior by Msgr. Burrill. What was shared with us did not include allegations of misconduct with minors. However, in order to avoid becoming a distraction to the operations and ongoing work of the Conference, Monsignor has resigned effective immediately,” Gomez added.
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Burrill was elected general secretary of the U.S. bishops’ conference in November 2020. In that role, Burrill was effectively the highest-ranking American cleric who is not a bishop.
In recent years a seeming epidemic of Catholic priests sexually misbehaving has become a scourge on the Catholic Church itself, leading many to wonder whether it can still be trusted as a voice of authority on moral issues.
If you are Catholic, the only one to follow is God and your heart because the church is constantly sending mixed messages. We are all sinners, but it seems the higher you are in the Catholic Church, the more glaring the offense. (And that includes the Pope.) Just what else is the church hiding?
I’ll stick with the southern baptists
None are perfect!
That’s why it’s wise to follow God’s word and not words of men.
And where do you find God’s words. Answer, in the Bible. And who wrote the Bible? Answer MEN
You have no idea how much it pained me to give you the thumbs or Plus sign up. As a Catholic, I hate that you are right, but you are.
What ??? “Distraction” ???!!! I hope God views my sins and waywardness as a distraction when it come my time to be judged. And I may note that nothing I have done along those lines was cause for death under the Old Testament.
well as a catholic I follow my heart and my believes in god, if a priest makes this type of sins ,is betweent him and god, it does not change my faith so I still feel a catholic
I agree. You cannot allow someone else’s sins become cause for you to leave your faith! I believe in Jesus Christ my Lord an savior and He alone will judge me and all of mankind!
I agree with you three but the bottom line is that it makes it easier for others to attack our faith and thereby us for believing in it.
All those who claim to be possessors of God’s truth, but give you pomp and circumstance, and false news, are only skilled fakirs (look it up, it’s not misspelled). Most organized religions fall into that category. Some much worse than others. Catholic is somewhere in the middle. All this sexual fake outrage is funny. Probably comes from jealousy and secret unattained fantasies on the part of the “outraged”.
The pope has already fired one of his cardinals, cus. he participated in the corrupt money scheme
raised as baptist,could’nt take all the screaming from pulpit threatning me going to hell if i don’t repent.catholics full of pedofiles,boyscouts full of pedofiles.sinners on their way to hell for sure.ya can’t fool the lord magnificent come judgement day.i believe in the true way of ISLAM and the profit MOHAMMAD .
The way of ISLAM is to MURDER the infidels, and rape women who are non believers, and take them as your slaves.. Great religion there pal.. I’m sure when you’re ass to face praying on your door mat, your planning your coffee date with the rest of the sodomite followers of ISLIME!
No matter what your status is in any religious establishment your heart must be fully committed to God and his teachings. How can you help someone if your life is filled with ugliness such as this elegation. I used to be catholic but they practice things I no longer approve of. Being a Christian we must all strive to love one another as God so loves his church and us. He wants us to follow him and reject the devil and his temptations so this priest resigning his position is best for the church. We must pray he looks at himself more clearly through God’s eyes and corrects his mistakes and gets absolution for God and gets himself straight with God. Go back to doing God’s works. No judgement except from God. I pray for this man’s soul.
We are all responsible for ourselves. 1 Cor. 11:25-34.
Isaiah 5:20