The woman told The Pillar that soon after it happened, she told Fr. Peter West, then Priests for Life's associate director, that Pavone had come into her room in the middle of the night. She said the priest told her, “I wish he wouldn't do things like that. He's going to get us in trouble one of these days.” There seemed to be no follow-up action, she said. West did not respond to questions before …More
The woman told The Pillar that soon after it happened, she told Fr. Peter West, then Priests for Life's associate director, that Pavone had come into her room in the middle of the night. She said the priest told her, “I wish he wouldn't do things like that. He's going to get us in trouble one of these days.” There seemed to be no follow-up action, she said. West did not respond to questions before the initial publication of this report. But after it was published, West contacted The Pillar, and said he did not remember that conversation. The priest added that if he had heard an allegation of misconduct, he believes he would have urged the woman to contact Pavone's diocese.
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Pavone was accused of 'sexual misconduct' before laicization
Laicized priest Frank Pavone was accused before his laicization of sexual harassment, grooming behavior, and coercive physical contact with …
Laicized priest Frank Pavone was accused before his laicization of sexual harassment, grooming behavior, and coercive physical contact with young women.
If all that is true, then Fr. Pavone got what he deserved. It reminds me of the case of Fr. John Corapi, the phony "conservative" priest who dressed like a monk in a grey habit and amassed a fortune from sold out lectures and books. He either quit the priesthood one day, or quit because of scandals, but anyway he disappeared. He was on EWTN all the time, and then suddenly GONE!
I agree with you, but it looks like the allegations weren’t investigated properly. It’s as though the bishop thought that it was adequate to get him for disobedience, and so it was unnecessary to delve too deeply into anything as unseemly as this. He wouldn’t be the first noted pro-life priest to be brought down by such things: there was also Fr. Eutenauer, about 10 years ago. Bishops take the …More
I agree with you, but it looks like the allegations weren’t investigated properly. It’s as though the bishop thought that it was adequate to get him for disobedience, and so it was unnecessary to delve too deeply into anything as unseemly as this. He wouldn’t be the first noted pro-life priest to be brought down by such things: there was also Fr. Eutenauer, about 10 years ago. Bishops take the same attitude towards priests behaving improperly in their relationships with adults as they did 50 years ago in their relating to children. They don’t want to deal with the hard work of fixing the problem, which I am almost certain would require a big step back from all of the “closeness” of the Vatican II era. Priests need to be treated as a separate class (not necessarily superior, but definitely separate), and need to carry themselves as such. They certainly should not ever be working closely with young women.
Father Corapi was set up. I use to listen to him a lot. Liked him a lot. Then I was told he did this and that. I got away from him. My sister told me some good things about him and how he was set up. Now, we have two sides to the story once again. So I took it upon myself to look into him and the allegations against him. I found that the people at his Church loved him, defended him, wrote many …More
Father Corapi was set up. I use to listen to him a lot. Liked him a lot. Then I was told he did this and that. I got away from him. My sister told me some good things about him and how he was set up. Now, we have two sides to the story once again. So I took it upon myself to look into him and the allegations against him. I found that the people at his Church loved him, defended him, wrote many letters in his favor. And also wrote many letters against the two who accused him. The bishop was a modernist and wanted Father Corapi out for awhile anyhow. It is believe he helped to set those two people up to accuse him falsely But there is much more to the story. This is why I don't believe anyone or any story I see, unless I did my own research into it. We can't believe everything we see or hear. That is a huge mistake.
@GaryLockhart Sorry, I had no idea you asked me a question. I didn't receive any notification. I can't remember so far back. But I believe it was in Ca somewhere. San Francisco? Sacramento? I am not positive. He was well loved. You can still catch a lot if not all of his video's on Yt. There is a channel set up that I believe, but not positive that knew him. Or went to his Mass. It was a long time ago. …More
@GaryLockhart Sorry, I had no idea you asked me a question. I didn't receive any notification. I can't remember so far back. But I believe it was in Ca somewhere. San Francisco? Sacramento? I am not positive. He was well loved. You can still catch a lot if not all of his video's on Yt. There is a channel set up that I believe, but not positive that knew him. Or went to his Mass. It was a long time ago.
I went in search of the channel for you on yt so you can get the right one. First this is from the channel itself under description.
The rightful owners of all DVDS watermarked Log in or sign up to view in conjunction with our youtube account are not to be uploaded on domain site for promotional service ! This exception is limited to personal use only and in FULL support of this innocent priest. God Bless you! In honor of Father Corapi, who has been falsely accused. This is a great injustice I/we & many have witnessed the rants and false accusations of his accuser. She has also attacked the bride of Christ; The Catholic Church, as well as our beloved Pope John Paul II. The accuser continues to lie to & about other priests. We appeal to the Vatican to investigate this false & totally outrageous accusation. This matter should NOT be sidelined. It is our duty to protect the innocent and it is a grave injustice if we do not. False accusations make the Church bleed... Father corapi IS Innocent and we fully support him.. Log in or sign up to view
And this is the link directly to the videos. Of course you can look under playlists etc as well if you like. I just wanted to give you a link directly to them.
Dear Paul, You made such a wonderful comment. But, you are quite innocent as to the ways in which evil can make something appear to have happened. The faithful, effective, innocent have LOTS to fear. Truth will prevail on the Last Day..... but, it's not necessarily going to prevail now.
Satan wears many faces, outside and within the holy Church. And the one who thinks he is standing firm should be very careful not to fall (himself). So I suspect everyone and I suspect no one. But as a father of a nineteen year old daughter I’d wish justice to be done in such a case, for the accuser AND the accused. 'Cause innocence isn’t double-faced and silence isn’t always as golden as the …More
Satan wears many faces, outside and within the holy Church. And the one who thinks he is standing firm should be very careful not to fall (himself).
So I suspect everyone and I suspect no one. But as a father of a nineteen year old daughter I’d wish justice to be done in such a case, for the accuser AND the accused.
'Cause innocence isn’t double-faced and silence isn’t always as golden as the saying goes.
These allegations are very serious and have to be examined, this just cannot be swept under the carpet. On the one hand the presumption of innocence has to be observed, on the other hand the innocence of a young woman seems te be seriously violated. May the truth prevail. If your conscience is clear, you have nothing to fear! (Luke 12: 4-5)More
These allegations are very serious and have to be examined, this just cannot be swept under the carpet. On the one hand the presumption of innocence has to be observed, on the other hand the innocence of a young woman seems te be seriously violated. May the truth prevail.
If your conscience is clear, you have nothing to fear! (Luke 12: 4-5)
