Complicit Clergy: Before He Went to Work for Bishop Hicks, Salvato (‘Married’ to His Boyfriend) Was Employed by Archbishop Gómez

Last week, we shared with you the story that David Salvato, the chancellor for the diocese of Joliet, ‘married’ his boyfriend on December 13. Bishop Hicks, the bishop of Joliet, has remained silent in spite of receiving dozens of emails and phone calls asking him to address this scandal. Hicks went as far as scrubbing the diocesan website to conceal that Salvato ever worked there.

Now we learn that before he went to work for Hicks, Salvato worked as a canon lawyer for Archbishop Jose Gomez for 10 years. Salvato worked in the Metropolitan Tribunal were he oversaw the investigation of nearly 200 marriage annulment cases each year. Did you get that? Gómez assigned a homosexual man to make decisions about hundreds of marriage annulments in his archdiocese. How is someone who does not subscribe to the Catholic Church’s teaching on human anthropology make decisions about a sacramental marriage involving a man and a woman? A Catholic woman shared similar concerns in a comment on the Salvato news last week.

We believe our bishops owe faithful Catholics an explanation to address this public scandal. Our recent online poll reveals the vast majority of Catholics agree.

We would like to pose a few questions to Archbishop Gómez:

1. Was Archbishop Gómez aware that David Salvato was an active homosexual?  If so, did he share this information with Bishop Hicks?

2. Was Gómez concerned about the eternal salvation of Salvato’s soul?  What spiritual counseling (if any) did Gómez offer to try to have Salvato turn away from his mortal sin?

3. Did Salvato voluntarily leave his position in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles or did Gómez ask him to resign?

4. How many other active homosexuals are now employed by the archdiocese (including diocesan schools) and what is Gómez’s strategy for dealing with these individuals?

   Complicit Clergy >>>>>>>>>>>>