January 28, 2019
Bishop apologizes for criticizing Covington boys
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Bishop of Covington Diocese who condemned MAGA teens has sent their parents a stunning letter
Better late than never
From the article:
Read the rest at The Blaze.
A word from Tim:
Funny; we are always hearing "judge not lest ye be judged" from liberals in the Church and yet the Bishop is stampeded into judging without all the facts. Strange; the Catholic heirarchy seldom makes judgemental statements, even where open sin is occuring (as in pro-abortion Catholic legislators like Nancy Pelosi or Joe Biden). But they were quick to attack teenage white boys. Strange how cavalier so many in the Church have become to the sufferings of teenage boys and how quick to promote the narrative of atheists and pagans.
We are in a time of terrible apostacy, if you ask me.
Bishop of Covington Diocese who condemned MAGA teens has sent their parents a stunning letter
Better late than never
From the article:
The Bishop of Covington sent a letter of apology to the students and their parents that were condemned wrongly over accusations of racist behavior stemming from a video of an altercation between them and a Native American veteran activist.
Previously, Bishop Foys had condemned the boys after only seeing part of the altercation in one video that was widely disseminated by those critical of the president.
The letter explained how they mistakenly made the statement after so much public pressure.
"Within hours we were being pressured from all sides to make a statement regarding a video clip which purportedly showed students from Covington Catholic High School being disrespectful to Native American Elder Nathan Phillips," the letter explained.
"Based on what the video clip showed we condemned the actions of students who engaged in the alleged disrespect and promised to investigate the matter," it continued.
"Since that time other video clips," Foys added, "some of much longer duration â€â€ have surfaced. Once these went viral some of the very same people who put tremendous pressure on us to condemn the actions of the students now wanted a retraction from anyone who had previously issued a statement critical of them. All this was based again on a video."
The letter goes on to explain that the students and their parents have received death threats, and their offices also received a bomb threat.
"We are sorry that this situation has caused such disruption in the lives of so many," Foys said. "We apologize to anyone who has been offended in any way by either of our statements which were made with good will based on the information we had."
"We should not have allowed ourselves to be bullied and pressured into making a statement prematurely, and we take full responsibility for it," he added.
Previously, Bishop Foys had condemned the boys after only seeing part of the altercation in one video that was widely disseminated by those critical of the president.
The letter explained how they mistakenly made the statement after so much public pressure.
"Within hours we were being pressured from all sides to make a statement regarding a video clip which purportedly showed students from Covington Catholic High School being disrespectful to Native American Elder Nathan Phillips," the letter explained.
"Based on what the video clip showed we condemned the actions of students who engaged in the alleged disrespect and promised to investigate the matter," it continued.
"Since that time other video clips," Foys added, "some of much longer duration â€â€ have surfaced. Once these went viral some of the very same people who put tremendous pressure on us to condemn the actions of the students now wanted a retraction from anyone who had previously issued a statement critical of them. All this was based again on a video."
The letter goes on to explain that the students and their parents have received death threats, and their offices also received a bomb threat.
"We are sorry that this situation has caused such disruption in the lives of so many," Foys said. "We apologize to anyone who has been offended in any way by either of our statements which were made with good will based on the information we had."
"We should not have allowed ourselves to be bullied and pressured into making a statement prematurely, and we take full responsibility for it," he added.
Read the rest at The Blaze.
A word from Tim:
Funny; we are always hearing "judge not lest ye be judged" from liberals in the Church and yet the Bishop is stampeded into judging without all the facts. Strange; the Catholic heirarchy seldom makes judgemental statements, even where open sin is occuring (as in pro-abortion Catholic legislators like Nancy Pelosi or Joe Biden). But they were quick to attack teenage white boys. Strange how cavalier so many in the Church have become to the sufferings of teenage boys and how quick to promote the narrative of atheists and pagans.
We are in a time of terrible apostacy, if you ask me.
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