St. John Vianney Seminary, Goochland, VA - Alumni ?????
Cardinal Keeler's recent decision to place Father John Leonard on administrative leave, and Leonard's subsequent decision to resign as pastor of his parish in Glen Allen, VA brings up some important...
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What are you basing your information on about the growing number coming forward?
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I am basing it on other alumni who I have talked to directly. I am very angry right now so do not respond with a defense of how great a priest this guy is!
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To SJVGrad. Have you reaad the article on the SNAP home page re the conservative seminary for high school kids. When I read it I damned near died. That article could have described SJV in the real...
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GIZMO, thanks for the challenge to SJV alumni to step up to the plate. I agree that the place was truly a snake pit, as many high school seminaries were. It seems that in many dioceses all the...
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sjvgrad: Well said!! I came forward a number of years ago when this mess first came to light. I have to admit I was relieved that the bishop that had this guy in his diocese was a warm welcoming and...
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Quote:On the money front....this is a part of justice. I do not condone huge suits just for the sake of exploiting the situation. However, the healing of mind and soul through counseling does come at...
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You are absolutely right. It is NOT about the money. Of course the Church will have its publics believe that these lawsuits are costing it big time, which is partially true. But isn't that something...
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Sorry, but I referred to Fr./Dr. Peterson in my previous post by calling him "Carpenter". Mistake on my part. His correst name is Peterson. See below:"At one point early in the book, the authors quote...
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I would point out that even the Catholic Church doesnot unconditionally forgive. In Confession (oh sorry,'Sacrament of Reconciliation'), you must:1) Acknowledge your sins2) Ask forgiveness3) Do...
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To Greg and VanDyke,Like you, VanDyke, when I read that phrase, "pedophilia annoyance" I almost fell off my chair. Good comparison you made when you said it was like the air conditioning going out on...
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Just to put my 2-cents in here ...First, I agree, it was for me NEVER about the money ... I cannot ever think of a sum that could ever come close to the damages I sustained; physically, mentally,...
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I agree completely about forgiveness. Bishop Sullivan is denying John Leonard that opportunity by covering up for him.The next time anyone speaks to the Bishop be sure to ask him why the SJV witness...
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This topic/thread was supposed to be about John Leonard and the alumni of St. John Vianney Seminary in Goochland, VA. It's great to see people sharing and expressing things that may have been bottled...
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It's no wonder there are problems at this institution (and others like it). Has anyone ever read the blasphemous teachings that the so-called "Saint" John Vianney has written?This man almost single...
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If anyone in the Richmond Diocese is monitoring this I want your to remember what Bishop Sullivan had to say about the Leonard rape allegation. "Mr. Jeter brought this accusation to the diocese in...
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Here is further proff that Sullivan has been feeding the Diocese a "crock of @#%$". The Diocese of Richmond revealed Friday that it had found 19 plausible cases of child sexual abuse by priests in a...
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I just realized that the numbers that the Richmond Diocese revealed only go up until 2002. How convenient! Since then 6 priest have been identified as abusers.Randy Rule - 1 known victimJullian...
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To know that several of their former teachers and priests have been either suspected, charged or found GUILTY of innappropriate behavior with kids. How must that feel?And how hard it must be for some...
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