“They said, ‘the cardinal wants you to know three things. They also told him the Cardinal wanted him to have a “psychological evaluation,” a remark that seemed to Kalchik to be a dig against him for his post-traumatic stress resulting from his earlier experiences of sexual abuse. Jeremy Thomas of the Office of the Vicar for Priests had called and threatened him with “canonical penalties” and with rejecting his application to be moved closer to his parents should he proceed with the burning of the LGBT flag as he had announced earlier this month. The removal followed threats Kalchik says were made against him by two officials of the archdiocese who were claiming to speak for Cupich. Cupich officials repeatedly threatened Kalchik, according to multiple witnesses
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Church officials close to Pope Francis are also claiming that Vigano’s accusations stem from mental illness.Ĭupich has complained that the Catholic Church is becoming “distracted” by the sex abuse scandals instead of focusing on the “environment” and “protecting migrants.” He said, “We’re not going to go down a rabbit hole on this.” He has also argued that the sex abuse crisis has little to do with homosexuality, and instead is the product of “clericalism,” echoing the rhetoric of Pope Francis. Their names were not among those presented by the Nunciature for Chicago and Newark,” wrote Viganò. Tobin to Newark were orchestrated by McCarrick, Maradiaga and Wuerl, united by a wicked pact of abuses by the first, and at least of coverup of abuses by the other two. “The appointments of Blase Cupich to Chicago and Joseph W.
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Kalchik has also recently called on Catholics to boycott masses said by Cupich.Ĭardinal Cupich was named by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò in his recent letter of “testimony” regarding homosexual corruption in the Church. Kalchik had initially called on parishioners to burn their donation pledge cards as well during the burning of the flag, while they “prayerfully sing Psalm 141, ‘Let my prayer arise before you like incense, my hands like an evening offering,’” according to the parish bulletin on Sept. “It was cut into seven pieces, so it was burned over stages in the same fire pit that we used for the Easter vigil mass.” “So in a quiet way we took matters into our own hands and said a prayer of exorcism over this thing,” Kalchik told NBC Chicago. Kalchik called “profane” and a “sacrilege.” The flag reportedly had a cross superimposed over the rainbow, an arrangement of symbols that Fr. Kalchik rejects the pro-LGBT agenda of Cardinal Cupich and says he was sexually abused by a priest when he was 19 years old and by another man as a child. Kalchik burned the flag last week after discovering it in storage in the parish, in a private ceremony with several parishioners that included an exorcism prayer. Kalchik at the parish and repeatedly used “crude and threatening language” with him in front of parishioners.įr. Kalchik says that the priest has “gone into hiding, out of fear that Cardinal Cupich would take him away by force.” They also report that the removal occurred a day after two representatives of Cupich confronted Fr.
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Kalchik reportedly left with his brother to an undisclosed location.Ĭhurch Militant is reporting that a “pastoral associate” of Fr.
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NBC reports that Cupich sent newly-installed Auxiliary Bishop Mart Bartosic to tell Kalchik to leave or be arrested for trespassing on parish grounds. Paul Kalchik from Resurrection Parish on Saturday, just before he was to minister a wedding. Septem( LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Blase Cupich has removed a priest in his archdiocese from his parish in apparent retaliation for his decision to burn a homosexualist “rainbow pride flag” previously used by the parish to promote the homosexual agenda.Īccording to NBC Chicago, a source close to the priest says that Cardinal Cupich removed Fr. Kalchik, the priest persecuted by Cardinal Cupich.