Doctor Who Treated Abusive Priests Speaks
April 2010 Leslie Lothstein has seen them all: priests sexually active with adult men, others with adult women, others with adolescents, others with children. By his own count, Dr. Lothstein, a …More
April 2010
Leslie Lothstein has seen them all: priests sexually active with adult men, others with adult women, others with adolescents, others with children. By his own count, Dr. Lothstein, a psychologist at the Institute of Living, in Hartford, has treated about 300 Roman Catholic priests, not only those with sexual problems, but also those with alcoholism, depression and other mental illnesses.
Lothstein unwittingly found himself in the news almost 10 years ago, when it was reported that the Catholic Church had sent priests to the Institute of Living for treatment without always telling the doctors the full details of the priests’ transgressions. (One of those priests was the superpredator John Geoghan, whom Dr. Lothstein treated.) What’s more, the Catholic hierarchy often ignored the institute’s recommendations about the priests’ fitness for service.
“I found that they rarely followed our recommendations,” Dr. Lothstein told The Hartford Courant in 2002. “They would put them back …More
Leslie Lothstein has seen them all: priests sexually active with adult men, others with adult women, others with adolescents, others with children. By his own count, Dr. Lothstein, a psychologist at the Institute of Living, in Hartford, has treated about 300 Roman Catholic priests, not only those with sexual problems, but also those with alcoholism, depression and other mental illnesses.
Lothstein unwittingly found himself in the news almost 10 years ago, when it was reported that the Catholic Church had sent priests to the Institute of Living for treatment without always telling the doctors the full details of the priests’ transgressions. (One of those priests was the superpredator John Geoghan, whom Dr. Lothstein treated.) What’s more, the Catholic hierarchy often ignored the institute’s recommendations about the priests’ fitness for service.
“I found that they rarely followed our recommendations,” Dr. Lothstein told The Hartford Courant in 2002. “They would put them back …More
- Report
Social media
Change post
Remove post
lukedaniel
- Report
Change comment
Remove comment
Voris talks alot about social justice and the scam behind it! I know of three priests right here in our diocese that have children, also a bishop.
Priests found guilty of these crimes should be (at the very least) be supported to leave ministry without question.
The idea of sending them for treatment and then returning them as pastors appears naive in the extreme.
I have friends who ( are now married fathers) were "helped out" of seminary by what now I clearly understand was the clergy who hold sway in the Church - the unbelievers.
The seventies …More
Priests found guilty of these crimes should be (at the very least) be supported to leave ministry without question.
The idea of sending them for treatment and then returning them as pastors appears naive in the extreme.
I have friends who ( are now married fathers) were "helped out" of seminary by what now I clearly understand was the clergy who hold sway in the Church - the unbelievers.
The seventies and eighties have produced wooly priests with wooly ideas in all too many cases. They do not appear to understand their priestly ministry any more than your average teenager does.
The idea of sending them for treatment and then returning them as pastors appears naive in the extreme.
I have friends who ( are now married fathers) were "helped out" of seminary by what now I clearly understand was the clergy who hold sway in the Church - the unbelievers.
The seventies and eighties have produced wooly priests with wooly ideas in all too many cases. They do not appear to understand their priestly ministry any more than your average teenager does.
Dr Lothstein doesn't realize that after Vat II there was only one thing that was important in the Church--Ecumenism. And that ecumenical MO required ignoring Church doctrine on faith and morals. There were good men run out of priestly formation or ostracized in the Church because they didn't measure up to the Ecumenical strategy.
Before Cardinal Ratzinger went to Rome, no bishop would dare say that …More
Dr Lothstein doesn't realize that after Vat II there was only one thing that was important in the Church--Ecumenism. And that ecumenical MO required ignoring Church doctrine on faith and morals. There were good men run out of priestly formation or ostracized in the Church because they didn't measure up to the Ecumenical strategy.
Before Cardinal Ratzinger went to Rome, no bishop would dare say that there were things wrong with Vat II, the new mass, or the Ecumenical mania that was dominating the Church.
The bishops who shuttled scandalous priests to other pastoral assignments didn't want to make waves: "Everything is OK, I'm ready for promotion."
Calling Dr Howard . . . Dr Fine . . . Dr Howard . . .
Before Cardinal Ratzinger went to Rome, no bishop would dare say that there were things wrong with Vat II, the new mass, or the Ecumenical mania that was dominating the Church.
The bishops who shuttled scandalous priests to other pastoral assignments didn't want to make waves: "Everything is OK, I'm ready for promotion."
Calling Dr Howard . . . Dr Fine . . . Dr Howard . . .