American Bishops Often Fail to Defend the Faith and Faithful Priests

American Bishops Often Fail to Defend the Faith and Faithful Priests (40+ articles)

They have failed to defend the perennial teachings of the Faith, reprimand liberal priests who promote sin and heresy, nor defend faithful priests.

1. James Martin Set to Speak to School Children on Welcoming Homosexuality in Cardinal Dolan’s Archdiocese – Complicit Clergy
2. Cardinal Gregory praises, celebrates Mass for Fr. James Martin’s heterodox LGBT event – LifeSite (lifesitenews.com) – 8/5/24
3. Cardinal Dolan endorses Fr. James Martin’s new LGBT activism group – lifesitenews.com – 7/19/22
4. The US Bishops Promote a Protégé to the Rapist Theodore McCarrick – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics – 11/26/22
5. Kids aren’t protected from LGBT ideology just because they attend Catholic schools – lifesitenews.com– 2/15/22
6. Viganò calls on bishops to defend marriage, oppose the errors of Amoris Laetitia – Lifesitenews.com – 9/1/22
7. California bishop blasts Cardinal-elect McElroy for thinking abortion ‘not wrong enough’ to discuss – Lifesitenews.com – 6/15/22
8. Joe Biden is the ‘product’ of weak bishops who don’t defend Church teaching: Catholic activist – lifesitenews.com
9. Chicago Archdiocese: We don’t oppose pornographic “children’s books” in public libraries | Chicago City Wire – 6/26/22 – they even slammed Catholic Vote, an orthodox Catholic lay organization
10. Catholic bishops drop opposition to lesbian becoming a foster parent – Baptist News Global – 6/27/22
11. Cardinal Dolan praises priest who presided at ‘trans’ funeral in New York cathedral – Lifesitenews.com – 2/19/24
12. Louisiana bishops conference endorses emergency contraception in cases of rape – lifesitenews.com – 7/19/22
13. Gregory restricts Latin Mass, bans traditional sacraments in ‘vindictive, heartless’ decree – lifesitenews.com – 7/22/22
14. 84 Catholic dioceses partner with student evaluation firm pushing drag queen books, LGBT ideology – Lifesitenews.com – 1/18/23
15. These are the Bishops you need to be warned about (lifesitenews.com) – 8/9/23 – Pope Francis, Cardinal Cupich, Cardinal Gregory, Cardinal Tobin, Bishop John Stowe
16. REPORT: Catholic Relief Services, Government Funding, and Contraception – The Lepanto Institute – 3/6/24
    • Full-Investigation-Report-v4.pdf (lepantoin.org) on CRS (Catholic Relief Services)
17. USCCB-backed law could force religious employers to protect employee abortions, contraception – Lifesitenews.com – 8/9/23
18. Illinois bishops forbid promotion of petition seeking parental consent for minors’ abortions, ‘sex changes’ – Lifesitenews.com – 1/11/24
19. IN-DEPTH: Abortion, Transgender Services, Communion, and the ‘Transition’ of Catholic Church Leadership | The Epoch Times – 8/21/23
20. Heretical AUSCP is not sanctioned.
    • AUSCP Officially Called for Women’s Ordination to the Priesthood
    • AUSCP Gives Venue to Condemned LGBT Organizations
    • AUSCP’s Plan for Ordained Women and Priestless parishes
    • AUSCP’s Idea for Priestly Formation and Info on Conference speakers
    • AUSCP’s Desire to Obtain Funding from Unsuspecting, Pew-sitting Catholics
    • AUSCP’s Membership in an International Network of Heretical Organizations
    • AUSCP’s Alliance with Heretical, Pro-Sodomy Organizations
    • AUSCP’s Keynote Address from Notorious Priest, Fr. Richard Rohr
    • AUSCP’s Vision of the Church in Relation to the Vision of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich
21. Bishop Strickland calls out US bishops for allowing ‘blasphemy’ and ‘heresy’ to go unanswered – Lifesitenews.com – 4/24/24
22. Wake Up Call: Democrats Have Declared A Spiritual Civil War On America (Part 1) (conservativehq.com) – 2/4/24
23. Bishop Stowe to receive award from heretical New Ways Ministry for ‘LGBTQ+ efforts’ – 9/20/24
24. San Diego Diocese Bans Homeschooling Catholic Families from using Facilities – 9/26/24 – Cardinal McElroy of San Diego objects to Catholic families teaching Catholicism to their children on diocesan property.
25. Viganò uses AI to show how Communion in the hand destroys belief in the Real Presence – 10/31/24. When he asked ChatGPT how a pope could undermine belief in the Real Presence of the Eucharist, the AI gave answers nearly identical to the Modernist reforms implemented after Vatican II.
26. James Martin Does Teach Heresy: A Response to Trent Horn – 4/4/2022 – OnePeterFive. Fr. Martin does in fact teach heresy, making him at least a material heretic.[2]
27. Catholic high school in Charlotte removes kneeler from chapel due to Bishop Martin – 9/9/25, Lifesite News. Christ the King Catholic High School is also adding a projector screen at Masses and student extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion at the direction of anti-traditional Bishop Michael Martin.
28. North Carolina bishop bans use of altar rails at diocesan high schools – 9/9/25, CatholicVote.
29. USCCB partners with heretical priest group AUSCP despite obscenity at meeting – Lifesite News, 9/15/25. The AUSCP has a long history of promoting ideologies in contradiction to Catholic teaching on sexual morality, the sacraments, ‘women’s ordination,’ and the nature of the priesthood. This article examines the facts: the AUSCP’s promotion of doctrinal dissent, the bishops’ silent or not-so-silent participation, and the institutional failure to draw clear moral lines. It also reveals the deeper cost of collaboration with an organization that no longer hides its anti-Catholic agenda.
30. TONE DEAF: USSCB Publishes Islamophobia Document SAME DAY that 64 Catholics Murdered in Islamist Attack in DR Congo. Complicit Clergy, 9/18/25.
    • Catholic Cultureshares with us these two stories on the same day:
    • At least 64 dead in Islamist attack on Catholic parish in DR Congo
    • USCCB publishes guide to Islamophobia
    • Here’s a copy of the Islamophobia documentfor your review in the event it suddenly disappears from the USCCB website similarly to what happened last week.
31. WATCH: USCCB ignores Bp. Strickland’s concerns about confirmation of homosexual ‘married’ ABC anchor – LifeSiteNews, 11/13/25. “On the day that disgraced Bp Strickland stood up at USCCB mtng to denounce @JamesMartinSJ for receiving into the Church a gay man in a relationship, Pope Leo warmly received a gay couple, smiling and nodding when they praised Fr Martin for his ministry,” Ivereigh wroteon X.
32. Why They Are Taking Away Your Traditional Latin Mass – Peter Kwasniewski, 11/20/25. The reason the Church’s leaders persecute the most faithful Catholics is that, broadly speaking, the leadership of the Catholic Church on earth at this time is dominated by a network of active homosexuals and theological modernists.  This explains:
    • the constant flow of evidence documented from the early 2000s about clerical sex abuse, its connection to homosexuality, and its elaborate coverup.
    • the complicity that came to light in the McCarrick network (which, by the way, is still humming along).
    • how a somodite like Jeffrey Burrill could become the general secretary of the USCCB, despite being caught using the gay hookup app Grindr, and why he is now a pastor of a parish (!) and “in good standing” and with access to children, while priests of impeccable zeal and orthodoxy have been cancelled.
    • why the notorious serial abuser and blasphemer Marko Rupnik is stillin active ministry, despite well-substantiated allegations.
    • why Fr. James Martin gets away with confirming openly gay ABC anchor Gio Benitez, whose “husband” Tommy DiDario acted as sponsor — and why, when Bishop Strickland addressed the November USCCB meeting to say this “needs to be addressed,” he was met with silenceand the meeting proceeded on as if nothing had happened.
33. Cardinal Müller criticizes bishops banning Latin Mass, says they should focus on ‘salvation of souls’ – LifeSiteNews, 11/19/25.
34. Roman Hierarchy Should Discipline NYC Church For Confirming Unrepentant Gay TV Anchor – The Federalist – 12/1/25. Cardinal Dolan Fails to Discipline NYC Church For Confirming Unrepentant Gay TV Anchor In His Archdiocese.
35. Homosexual Clergy Destroy Heterosexual Vocations – John Eighteen Thirty-Seven, 11/30/25. Past and present crisis goes unaddressed by the media. This article is very hard to believe; it’s hard to imagine things could be this bad.
36. Altar Rails in the Charlotte Diocese – Catholic Answers – 1/23/25.

Faithful Bishops and Priests are persecuted or cancelled and not defended.

1. Bishop Callahan of La Crosse cancelled Fr. James Altman but protects Mnsr. Burrill who was caught using a gay hookup app on his phone – 3/1/22 – Church Militant
2. Four Years Later the Lies Continue – 9/10/22 – Church Militant. Paul John Kalchik went into hiding after burning an LGBTQ Flag at his parish (Resurrection Parish) in Chicago and Cardinal Cupich attempted to banish him. The Chicago Police Department threatened to forcibly remove him from the parish. This threat was substantiated at the time by the parish’s vicar, Bp. Mark Bartosic.
3. ‘Monsignor GRIDR’ Gets New Parish, Fr. Altman Remains Sidelined – Complicit Clergy – 6/12/22
4. Another local Catholic priest Fr. Edward Meeks draws national criticism, this time for anti-vaccine remarks | Baltimore Brew – 11/30/21
5. Priest canceled by Bishop for speaking out against the Church’s homosexual cabal – lifesitenews.com – 8/21/23
6. S. Bishops Are Cowards (complicitclergy.com) – 11/16/23 – none of them defend Bishop Strickland.
7. The Silence of the Bishops in Response to the Persecution of Cardinal Zen (complicitclergy.com) – 9/23/22
8. Hilarious statement from the Archdiocese of Chicago about the suppression of the Institute of Christ the King | Fr. Z’s Blog (wdtprs.com) – 8/4/22 – TLM prohibited.
9. Archbishop Viganò: Biden Must be Excommunicated after ‘Trans Day of Visibility’ Declaration (complicitclergy.com) – 4/2/24
10. Biden the Apostate – Crisis Magazine – 4/4/24
11. Bishop Strickland, Archbishop Cordileone defend Harrison Butker amid onslaught of media attacks – Lifesitenews.com – 5/17/24
12. HOME ALONE IN THE PRIESTHOOD – JohnEighteenThirtySeven, 12/14/25. Unaddressed reasons young priests are leaving. Unfortunately, most heterosexual priests today receive very little support from their bishops who in over 80 percent of the cases are homosexuals. (!?)

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