Catholics are fed up?

And wouldn't object to a federal investigation?

Who is Austin Ruse to make a claim like that?  What Catholics are saying that?  What do these people believe?  Are they really Catholic?  Or do they worship Trump and the U.S. Government?

It’s possible the president does not know what the Vatican is really doing to handle the crisis. Someone should tell Trump that Pope Francis and his men have been content to remain silent and allow media cutouts to slander the accuser, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who released his j’accuse two weeks ago.

President Trump should understand that Catholics are fed up and would not object to federal intervention into this crisis. Consider that high-ranking officials of a foreign government have covered up the criminal sexual assault of American men and boys. This is how this crisis should be viewed by the U.S. government. 

The U.S. government should request that the Vatican release all documents related to McCarrick’s sexual assaults. There are files in the Vatican embassy in Washington DC and in various offices in Rome. Again, the President should act as if that criminal behavior against Americans was covered up by officials of a foreign government. - Ruse

Bringing it on themselves.

These people believe Government can fix everything, that Trump can make the Church great again.  They are willing to surrender their religious freedom to the Government.  They don't know what they are asking, they don't know of what spirit they are.

Mr. Ruse and his fellow ideologues have lost any shred of credibility they maybe once had.  This proposal is sheer demagoguery.  You cannot serve God and mammon.  History demonstrates the lunacy of government intervention in the Church.  Be careful what you wish for and the precedent you are willing to sell Peter for.

NB: To be sure, criminal acts should be prosecuted, and victims should be free to alert the police when crimes are committed, as in the case of sexual abuse of minors and rape.  Mistakes were made when victims appealed to chanceries and bishops in the past.  However, sexual misconduct with adults, as in McCarrick's case is probably not a criminal offense.  It's sexual harassment most likely, but if victims did not report, or were ignored, and a culture of abuse ensued, I'm not sure it is a criminal offense in the same way as abuse of minors. I'm not a lawyer.

It should be noted that as in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report, several priests who were listed for 'credible charges of abuse' were either found innocent or their cases dismissed - nevertheless, their names remain on the list of priests with credible allegations.  This is how it works in every diocese.  It's one thing to have a DA or Grand Jury to review records, it's quite another to call on the Trump Administration to intervene.

"When we try to use the federal government to intercede in religious affairs, it inherently weakens the unique character of Christ's kingdom." - Jimmy Carter

Mexico

Spain

This is totally nuts: Homosexuals In Washington DC Kidnap Random Man And Force Him Into A Van, They Then Take Turns Raping Him*. The Homosexuals Are Raping Tens Of Thousands Of Innocent People, The Homosexual Agenda ...

Tens of thousands are being raped by Sodomites...

The Homosexuals Are Raping Tens Of Thousands Of Innocent People, The Homosexual Agenda Must Be Destroyed.

Really?

Tens of thousands?

Somehow I get Disqus comments from a guy who is a frequent commenter on Crisis and Lifesite articles exposing gays and other queer things.  His comments are usually interesting for their sometimes insightful character, albeit contemptuous tone.  Evidently the author is very familiar with homosexuality and at times he notes he frequents a tavern in rural California, or something to that effect - obviously not a gay bar.  He's also an artist.  He clearly does not like me, and therefore has to be included in that great crowd of witnesses who know far more than I do about the immediate threats against civilization and the end of the age.

That said - sometimes he, and the Shoebat authors he reads, really come up with some crazy stuff ... as noted above.  The following visionary comment is equally as nuts as the article he replies to:

The boundary between homosexuality and cannibalism is more than thin, it is porous. . The readers here need to know why. It is more than the simple observation that Satan is the progenitor of both...  - CadaveraVeroInnumero

Homosexuals in the US military are raping and molesting

tens of thousands of American soldiers. - Mass rape in the military.

Get Barnhardt on the phone

and tell her to get down here, 

and bring her gun.

*Ed. note: Pentagon: APA gay rape story retracted.

The Washington DC abduction/rape story so happens to be true, read more here.

“It represents a change in what's going on out here on the streets that we have a group of people who are specifically looking to target, kidnap and sexually assault men. That is a very, very profound event and it’s a change in what we're used to investigating,” said Delroy Burton, President of the D.C. Police Union.


That said, two abduction/rape incidents have been reported so far in Washington involving civilians - not military men.  Two men.  Not thousands or hundreds of thousands.  Just saying.

Breaking News! Canadian Psychologists Use Ouija Board To Prove Gay Is Not A Disorder.*

"OMIGOSH! It appeared to be a huge giant athletic supporter that came out of nowhere..."

Canadian Psychologists Using Ouija Board In Therapy.

Beloved of spiritualists and bored teenagers on a dare, the Ouija board has long been a source of entertainment, mystery and sometimes downright spookiness. Now it could shine a light on the secrets of the unconscious mind.

The Ouija, also known as a talking board, is a wooden plaque marked with the words, "yes", "no" and the letters of the alphabet. Typically a group of users place their hands on a movable pointer , or "planchette", and ask questions out loud. Sometimes the planchette signals an answer, even when no one admits to moving it deliberately.

Believers think the answer comes through from the spirit world. In fact, all the evidence points to the real cause being the ideomotor effect, small muscle movements we generate unconsciously.

That's why the Ouija board has attracted the attention of psychologists at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Growing evidence suggests the unconscious plays a role in cognitive functions we usually consider the preserve of the conscious mind.

Take driving your car along a familiar route while planning your day. On arrival, you realise you were not in conscious control of the car, it was your "inner zombie", said Hélène Gauchou at the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness conference in Brighton, UK, this week. "How can we communicate with that unconscious intelligence?"  - Continue reading here.

Dr. Helene, author of

"My Inner Zombie Ain't Me"

*I just made that up - the headline, I mean - oh, and the book title... and the author... and the photo.