Thank you for doing these pieces, even though they're awful to read. Luke 8:17 comes to mind, and we are grateful that you're helping bring these deeds into the light. (And thank you to all the subscribers!)
If Visa is doing business with any porn hubs is the issue for the Archdiocese of NY, Boston College and St Joseph's Seminary, not whether they are in litigation about same! What is the matter with the thinking and understanding of our clergy and their hired officials???
Slightly related comment: I don't think the CEO of Visa, or Visa itself, is really morally culpable in general in people using their card for pornography. Not legal porn. I think saying this guy shouldn't be on Catholic boards because of general use of Visa for porn is taking it to far. Now with regards to this child porn, it seems like he has more culpability because it's been pointed out the illegality of these websites. but policing all the many many things out there that credit cards can be used for seems out of the realm of possibility. It would, in my mind, be akin to saying any web host is responsible for every web page being hosted on their servers. Or for Twitter/Facebook being responsible for every single thing on their platforms. They should attempt to minimize "bad" things (however you define that) but they shouldn't be held liable.
And, I second (or third so far) the sentiment of Yuck!
Important story you continue to cover . I think the prudent thing to do is to ask Mr Kelly to step away from the archdiocese and the seminary. Boston College - well that’s up to them but one would think they would reach the same conclusion. This whole disgusting story makes me think of Dylan’s song “Lord Protect My Child”.
Thank you for keeping public focus on this important issue. Corporations are quick to embrace the woke culture when it suits their purpose. Society needs to hold these same corporations accountable when they contribute to the debasement of the human condition as well.
Two months on and neither the school nor the Catholic Education Office nor the Archbishop seems to have done anything about it.
The Church seems to have accepted in these and many other instances that the public morality of those who have a voice in the governance of her institutions simply doesn't matter very much.
It'd be great for the Pillar to shed light on the issue of usury as part of their coverage of this case. Visa's business model depends on the oppression of the poor (20%-25% annual interest rates are common for Visa cards and credit cards in general) and its CEO is on the board of a seminary? How did we get here? This child porn stuff, it would seem, is just "the icing on the cake."
Yuck!
Lord, protect us from trustees that, due to their actions or inaction, cannot be trusted.
Thank you for doing these pieces, even though they're awful to read. Luke 8:17 comes to mind, and we are grateful that you're helping bring these deeds into the light. (And thank you to all the subscribers!)
If Visa is doing business with any porn hubs is the issue for the Archdiocese of NY, Boston College and St Joseph's Seminary, not whether they are in litigation about same! What is the matter with the thinking and understanding of our clergy and their hired officials???
Slightly related comment: I don't think the CEO of Visa, or Visa itself, is really morally culpable in general in people using their card for pornography. Not legal porn. I think saying this guy shouldn't be on Catholic boards because of general use of Visa for porn is taking it to far. Now with regards to this child porn, it seems like he has more culpability because it's been pointed out the illegality of these websites. but policing all the many many things out there that credit cards can be used for seems out of the realm of possibility. It would, in my mind, be akin to saying any web host is responsible for every web page being hosted on their servers. Or for Twitter/Facebook being responsible for every single thing on their platforms. They should attempt to minimize "bad" things (however you define that) but they shouldn't be held liable.
And, I second (or third so far) the sentiment of Yuck!
Important story you continue to cover . I think the prudent thing to do is to ask Mr Kelly to step away from the archdiocese and the seminary. Boston College - well that’s up to them but one would think they would reach the same conclusion. This whole disgusting story makes me think of Dylan’s song “Lord Protect My Child”.
For his age, he's wise
He's got his mother's eyes
There's gladness in his heart
He's young and he's wild
My only prayer is, if I can't be there
Lord, protect my child
As his youth now unfolds
He is centuries old
To see him at play makes me smile
No matter what happens to me
No matter what my destiny
Lord, protect my child
The whole world is asleep
You can look at it and weep
Few things you find are worthwhile
And though I don't ask for much
No material things to touch
Lord, protect my child
He's young and on fire
Full of hope and desire
In a world that's been raped- raped and defiled
If I fall along the way
And can't see another day
Lord, protect my child
There'll be a time I hear tell
When all will be well
When God and man will be reconciled
But until men lose their chains
And righteousness reigns
Lord, protect my child
Thank you for keeping public focus on this important issue. Corporations are quick to embrace the woke culture when it suits their purpose. Society needs to hold these same corporations accountable when they contribute to the debasement of the human condition as well.
Here's a post from a board-member of a diocesan girls' school celebrating her abortion and telling teen/young women that their lives would be ruined if they carried a pregnancy to term: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alana-scheiffers-a1653ba5_im-not-usually-a-poster-in-this-forum-particularly-activity-6946284260265709568-KECM?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Two months on and neither the school nor the Catholic Education Office nor the Archbishop seems to have done anything about it.
The Church seems to have accepted in these and many other instances that the public morality of those who have a voice in the governance of her institutions simply doesn't matter very much.
It'd be great for the Pillar to shed light on the issue of usury as part of their coverage of this case. Visa's business model depends on the oppression of the poor (20%-25% annual interest rates are common for Visa cards and credit cards in general) and its CEO is on the board of a seminary? How did we get here? This child porn stuff, it would seem, is just "the icing on the cake."