Liberal priests have “put out” an innocent exorcist? The diocese and the media turned harmless conversation with youth into a scandal

Scandal and charges against a well-known exorcist, Father Carlos Martins, is simply a real storm in a glass of water. After a recognized priest was falsely accused of abuse against minors, alternatively of explaining the situation of the diocese and parish only served the atmosphere of scandal. According to erstwhile chaplain Elizabeth II, he may have been a liberal clergyman reluctant to the clergyman and his activities to undermine the image of an exorcist. It is certain that in times of neo-Paganism, but besides the laicization of this kind of service gives emergence to expanding emotions and utmost reactions, wrote Gavin Ashenden.

Reports of alleged border violation by an exorcist from the Congregation of the Companions of the Cross will reflect his visit to the parish of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Apostles in the American Diocese of Joliet, Illinois. Just after the priest’s gathering with a group of youths, the police abruptly became curious in him. Media reports have appeared, explaining that a clergyman was to commit an “incident” involving a teenager. Concerns about what could have happened only multiplied the diocese and parish. In a message issued, it was informed that, in consequence to the reported ‘fall’, church structures immediately informed the police. The bishop besides decided to suspend further events and services which Fr Carlos Martins had to hold in the diocese.

In view of specified information, "the reputation of Father Carlos Martins was tarnished by innuendos and conjecture," commented in an article on the pages of catholicherald.co.uk Gavin Ashneden. Meanwhile, as he emphasized, nothing worthy of specified a reaction happened in the church...

As it turned out, the full incidental active touching a teenager’s hair during a humorous exchange with a youth group. According to an eyewitness account, Father Martins “started his interaction with youths with a chat. Sam is bald and utilized to gag about making conversation. While talking to older students, he commented on the student's long hair, stating: You and I have almost the same hairstyle.. He joked that he utilized to have specified long hair that he utilized it as dental floss. (...)”, said the witness. As he added, the priest besides asked the girl if she was utilizing the dimension of her hair similarly. erstwhile she said no, he took a strand of her hair in his hand and stated that they were just right for specified use.

There may be reasonable doubts as to whether specified a small serious atmosphere is the appropriate form of beginning contact between clergymen and young people, and the introduction to prayer or catechization. But it is surely hard to treat it as a serious crime. Meanwhile, erstwhile the girl told her father about the situation, he contacted the police who immediately intervened. After talking to witnesses of the “invasion” and visiting the service parish, they ruled that there was no crucial abuse and abandoned the investigation. The girl's parent responded to this by suing the priest for violation of physical immunity.

"For unknown reasons, the diocese's statement, issued after a police visit, was brushed with words that seemed to give the impression that there had been a sexual misconduct," said the publicist catholicherald.co,uk. Gavin Ashenden did not hide his surprise with the content of the diocesan message and wondered what could have caused specified a reaction.

According to the Catholic convert and erstwhile Anglican bishop, media hysteria and the stance of the diocese are the consequence of deeper cultural tendencies. As he noted, fresh exorcists in any circles are gaining exceptional popularity and even entering a celebrity role. However, for the secularized planet and liberal Catholics their activity is hard to swallow.

“The full case seems to have a kind territorial wars between the parish clergy and traveling with relics of an exorcist. (...) If you accept the metaphysical position of these cases, you may wonder if it was a case [in which-ed] liberal clergy, dissatisfied with the visit of a well-known exorcist along with his relics, directing people's attention to the reality of what is supernatural, utilized an chance to discredit him (...)," speculated British Catholic average Gavin Ashenden.

As he added, whatever motivation the parish and diocese had, surely alternatively of reading the girl's father's anger as a consequence of the anti-cleric attitude of the man, the clergy utilized charges against Father Carlos Martins.

According to Ashenden, it is the ministry of exorcists that will shortly attract peculiar attention to secular culture, generating discontent and anger from those who uncertainty the existence of supernatural reality.

Source: catholicherald.co.uk

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