Bishop Joseph E. Strickland: Bishop Strickland Calls on Holy See to ‘Reconsider’ Appointment of Cardinal McElroy to DC
March 14, 2025Founder’s Quote
March 14, 2025
By Gene Thomas Gomulka, Blog John Eighteen Thirty Seven, (Complicit Clergy), March 13, 2025
Rachel Mastrogiacomo, whose satanic sexual abuse was covered up Cardinal Robert McElroy, travelled from Louisiana to Washington, D.C. to confront McElroy on the occasion of his 11 March 2025 installation as the Archbishop of Washington. Both mainstream and Catholic media outlets were contacted beforehand and made aware of why abuse victims like Rachel and abuse victims’ advocates strongly objected when Pope Francis made McElroy a cardinal, and when it was announced that he would replace Cardinal Wilton Gregory as the Archbishop of Washington.
Except for balanced articles about the installation that appeared in Complicit Clergyand LifeSiteNews, articles in The Washington Postand the National Catholic Reporter, along with coverage provided by Catholic News Agency (CNA) – a subsidiary of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) – all failed to make mention of McElroy’s abominable record when it comes to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, particularly involving vulnerable adults like Mastrogiacomo.
Ed Condon of The Pillar wrote: “The basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was full, and the entrance processional snaked around the nave, as thousands of Catholics and hundreds of clerics from across the country arrived in fleets of buses to see the cardinal take possession of the capital see.”
The Pillar, along with the legacy and Catholic media, would like people to believe that the Shine was packed with clergy and laity for McElroy’s installation. They did so by showing photos and video only from the very front of the Shrine. This reminds me of how Pope Francis altered a letter by Pope Benedict for an anniversary booklet that misled readers to believe that Benedict was supportive of Francis’ pontificate. Benedict began the letter by identifying some accomplishments he supported, but then listed a number of changes that Francis made of which he strongly disapproved. The deceptively cropped letter was no different than the photos and videos of the Shrine event.