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November
06, 2008
Hello
brethren. Please think about how we can start to help
clean up the rot within and weed out the enemy within.
At the very least, perhaps a formal letter to the
archdiocese and to Catholic Charities should be sent,
giving our strong objection to such highly-placed
Catholics voting against Catholic values and Church
positions. And be wary of Fr Malloy. How about Archbp
Niederauer, where is he at?
God
bless.
frank
San
Francisco Catholic Charities Director Contributes
to Campaign to Defeat Pro-Marriage Ballot Measure
By
Hilary White
SAN
FRANCISCO, November 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) –
A high-level official of the Catholic archdiocese
of San Francisco made personal donations to a campaign
to promote homosexual “marriage,” it has
been revealed. Brian Cahill, the Executive Director
of San Francisco Catholic Charities donated US $500.00
to the “No on Proposition 8” campaign,
which is being voted on today.
Proposition
8 is a proposed state constitutional amendment for
the general election ballot that would add a new section
to the state constitution stating “only marriage
between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in
California.”
The
online California Catholic Daily reports that Cahill
made the donation to the campaign group “No
on 8; Equality for All” on August 5th this year,
according to political contribution records on file
with the California Secretary of State. This was done
despite the statement from the California Catholic
bishops who wrote that they “strongly encourage
Catholics to provide both the financial support and
the volunteer efforts needed for the passage of Proposition
8.”
The
blogging California priest, Fr. John Malloy, commented
that he is unsurprised and added that in addition
to Cahill’s contribution, Jesuit Fr. Cameron
Ayers of St. Agnes parish in San Francisco contributed
$100 to defeat the measure.
Fr.
Malloy wrote that the donations are “not surprising
at all” since Fr. Ayers led his parish contingent
in the 2005 San Francisco "Gay Pride" parade.
“Why
do our bishops expect their flocks to listen to them
when they are not only ignored, but defied, by their
own priests and employees?” Malloy wrote.
During
his tenure at Catholic Charities, Brian Cahill has
consistently championed the homosexualist activist
cause. In 2006, Cahill, publicly opposed requests
that the agency move to conform itself to Catholic
teaching on the issue of homosexuals adopting children.
Cahill
repudiated a statement by archdiocesan spokesman Maurice
Healy who said that the archdiocese would be conforming
itself to the teaching of the Catholic Church “on
marriage and family life” which “precludes
these kinds of adoptions.”
Cahill,
however, revealed a deep rift in the archdiocese over
issues of sexuality when he said that Healy does not
speak for Catholic Charities or for Archbishop Niederauer.
Cahill said, “Mr. Healy is, A, mistaken, B,
doesn't speak for Catholic Charities and, frankly,
it's clear to me that he's not speaking for the archbishop
these days.
“Catholic
teaching is paramount,” Cahill said. “Equally
paramount are the best interests of the vulnerable
children that we serve.”
Brian
Cahill, as Executive Director of Catholic Charities,
is responsible for hiring Glen Motola as Director
of Programs and Services of San Francisco Catholic
Charities. Motola is an active homosexual who is living
with a man with whom he has adopted a child. Cahill
has praised "loving" homosexual households
in various local publications.
Read
related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
San
Francisco Catholic Charities Head an Active Homosexual
San
Francisco Catholic Adoption Staff to Work with Gay
Friendly Agency
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