-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- from: a friend Kris: FYI: GREELEY MEMOIRS REFER TO ALLEGED CLERICAL SEX RING (Special to the Wanderer) CHICAGO -Fr.Andrew Greeley, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and a millionaire novelist and popular sociologist, has indicated in his memoirs that he knows the truth about a criminal clerical sex ring operating in Chicago. Greeley's startling statement in volume two of his memoirs, Furthermore! Memories of a Parish Priest (Forge, a division of Thomas Doherty: New York), gives credence to the rumors many Catholics around the country have heard for years about the sinister operations of this group of clergy, which allegedly dabbles in the black arts and has committed murder to cover up its crimes. This ring, though operating in Chicago, is duplicated by, and part of, a wider circle of rings operating across North America, and includes not only priests, but bishops, police, judges, and politicians, according to these rumors. What Greeley notably leaves out of his brief revelation is that the first man who was allegedly murdered by this ring was not a priest - though he was a member of the ring. The deceased was the unmarried choir director for a Catholic church, who was murdered by a ring member because he wanted to leave the group of clerical pedophiles he had become involved with during his tenure at the church. Malachi Martin, in Windswept House, gave a thinly disguised account of these murders, and the role of the cardinal of "Centurycity" in covering up the crime by derailing the police investigation.( see[[/254-257) The priest who murdered the choir director, say people familiar with this real case (which remains officially "unsolved"), was himself allegedly murdered a short time later. Greeley's curious comments appear in a section regarding the pedophilia crisis in the American Church.Fr. Greeley remarks on the steps taken by various bishops to address the problem. "The review boards," he writes, "established by many bishops frequently have no credibility." Bishops, he says, are more hesitant than before regarding the reassignment of pedophiles, but that is because they fear lawsuits. He describes a clerical culture instinctively attempting to stonewall, and its legal tactics. "The national hierarchy protests that it doesn't know how many priests are abusers or how many money settlements have cost. And, one must add, doesn't want to know. There are some exceptions, of course, including Chicago. "But even in Chicago, the ring of predators about whom I wrote in the paperback edition of Confessions {of a Parish Priest} remains untouched. There is no evidence against them because no one has complained about them and none of their fellow priests have denounced them. Those who have been removed are for the most part lone offenders who lacked the skill to cover their tracks. The ring is much more clever.Perhaps they always will be. But should they slip, should they get caught, the previous scandals will seem trivial.Others like them still flourish all around the country. "There have been some improvements," he writes. "The problem, however, is not solved, the crisis remains, the powder keg is still volatile, the bomb is still ticking. Keep your fingers crossed. He adds in a footnote on the same page, 80, regarding the Chicago ring: "They are a dangerous group. There is reason to believe that they are responsible for at least one murder, and may perhaps have been involved in the murder of the murderer.Am I afraid of them? Not particularly. They know that I have in safekeeping information which would implicate them. I am more of a threat to them dead than alive." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
