Republican article brings back memories of Father Jim Scahill (Letters) – masslive.com

Kudos to the Sunday Republican and Stephanie Barry on the Father Jim Scahill piece, Firebrand priest still harbors anger, Dec. 12, page A1. As a former member of the St. Michaels Parish Council I remember well working with Father Scahill.

One memory I have is him discussing career ambitions, becoming a lawyer or a priest. He would of course have been an outstanding counselor but Gods plan was for him to be a courageous abuse fighting warrior against one of the worlds most corrupt organizations. Jim once quoted clergyman and reformer John Haynes Holmes from the pulpit, Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism.

Only later in life do you discover that your own life involves dealing with greats, near greats and reprobates. Reprobates usually referred to as con artists or guardians of the brand name. In the current Catholic Church the phalanx of reprobates spans centuries of blind obeisance to those so anointed by the church hierarchy. It has not stopped by any means and is worthy of Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) prosecutions were it not for church/state separation in the U.S.

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