Catholic Action Speaks Out Against Dissident Priest Group



Monday, June 12, 2023



From the Desk of Thomas McKenna



Dear Friends of Catholic Action: 



I’m pleased to share with you our statement <[link removed]>, issued today, in opposition to a dissident group of Catholic priests who are meeting in the Diocese of San Diego this week. 



The link below will take you to our “Open Letter of Catholic Action for Faith & Family to the Association of US Catholic Priests”, but I wanted to give you, our faithful supporters, a more direct summary of its contents and the reason why we have issued it.







(I wish to add that we are standing with our faithful priests in the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, who are also speaking out against this group. Catholic Action is very closely affiliated with the Confraternity.)



<[link removed]>READ OUR STATEMENT <[link removed]>



Back in the first century, St. Paul expressed shock that some of his early communities were abandoning the true faith that the Apostles had handed on to them. Here’s what he said: 



“I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you by [the] grace [of Christ] for a different gospel (not that there is another). But there are some who are disturbing you and wish to pervert the gospel of Christ.” (Galatians 1:6-7)



Our message to the dissident group of priests is the same: how dare you try to alter the truth of the Gospel, which is none other than the truth of the Church!



For the record, this group advocates left-leaning positions on virtually every cause confronting Church and society today. Just so you know I’m not making this up, here are just a few of their policies…quoted directly from their website:



- Gun control: their “Gospel Non-Violence Group has adopted a Ban and Buy Back program.”

- Racism: “As Catholics, we affirm our commitment to end racism and white supremacy” (emphasis added).

- Climate: “As Catholics, we must learn about the climate crisis caused by climate change and its effect on other intersectional issues we all face.”

- Women priests: their pressure group “Discerning Deacons” has as its mission to “engage Catholics in the active discernment of our Church about women and the diaconate.”



Notice how they use the term “Catholics” but not “Roman Catholics” in these policies.



I could quote more, but I don’t want to bore (or enrage) you. On every social issue, their positions are reliably leftist. On every Church issue, their positions are reliably ambiguous at best and disingenuous at worst.  



In essence, the AUSCP is the clerical arm of the radical Democrat party.



Now, in their annual assembly being held in San Diego this week, they are taking aim at clerical celibacy and the (heterosexual) priestly identity in the image of Jesus Christ. Our statement will give you a rundown of the particulars, but here is a thumbnail sketch of their rebellion:



- They object to the established teaching of the Church that the homosexual orientation is “objectively disordered.” 

- They claim that there is a climate of discrimination against homosexuals in the clergy – which, to even the casual observer, is far from the case!

- They want to change seminary standards to allow men with “deep-seated homosexual tendencies” to be ordained.

- Their statement constantly references the term “gay priest” as a kind of new category for the clerical state; and most tellingly.

- They openly admit that gay priests are divided: namely, that gay clerics can’t be faithful to the Church’s teaching and faithful to their “gay identity” at the same time. 



But isn’t that the whole reason why the Church puts restrictions on gay men entering the seminary in the first place? And doesn’t that make their clerical gay activism a “different Gospel”?



Like all revolutions, the rebels are blinded by their own ideology. 



I will leave you to read the statement <[link removed]?> when you have a moment, and I would also ask for your specific prayers for us as we confront this type of clerical rebellion in the Church. It is not of God. 



Which is why Catholic Action is speaking out!



<[link removed]>READ THE PRESS RELEASE <[link removed]>



Sincerely yours in Christ and Our Lady,







Thomas J. McKenna



Founder and President



Catholic Action for Faith and Family



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