Wednesday, February 26, 2020

They Say There is No Connection

A homosexual Episcopal priest pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to child pornography charges, but this was not his first rodeo. The story from Anglican Ink,

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Joseph Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division announced today the Rev. Gregory Lisby (40) had pled guilty to one charge of possession of child pornography.
Lisby was serving as rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester in the Diocese of Western Massachusetts and worked as a kindergarten teacher with the Holyoke Public School system when he was arrested on 11 Sept 2019 by the FBI. He was taken into custody at the rectory he shared with his husband, the Rev. Timothy Burger rector of St Luke’s Episcopal Church in Worcester.
More accusations soon followed,
In a letter sent to the diocese last Friday, the Rt. Rev. Douglas J. Fisher, bishop of Western Massachusetts, stated that following his arrest the diocese received “devastating credible evidence” that Lisby sexually abused a teenager “after he was ordained as a priest in 2007.”
The Bishop knew this guy was a bad apple,
Lisby was suspended as rector of All Saints Church in Worcester in 2018 for an “inappropriate relationship with an adult that did not involve sexual contact”, the bishop said at the time of Lisby’s arrest. 
“I cannot undo this terrible situation, but I can commit our diocese to telling the truth and seeking healing and reconciliation for anyone who has been harmed by Lisby,” Bishop Fisher wrote, adding: “I am deeply saddened to know that a priest is alleged to have committed such a grievous sin, and on behalf of the entire church, I offer my most heartfelt apology to the victim, the victim’s family and to everyone whose trust in the church has been violated.”
Bishop Fisher fails to recognize that the risks he takes by approving the sin of "married" homosexual priests, and unleashing homosexual priests on the sheep is the grievous sin that leads to this problem in the first place.

Oh yeah, there is no connection between homosexual priests and pedophilia.

Sure, just ask the Roman Catholics.

1 comment:

  1. Katherine8:46 AM

    Child pornography charges against a priest who was also a teacher in a public school kindergarten. Horrifying.

    You're right, TEC for decades has been deliberately closing its eyes to the danger. Just as the BSA did.

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