The Ruth Institute: Catholic Abuse Victim Calls Cardinal’s Book ‘Filth’

By The Ruth Institute, The Stream, January 24, 2024

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Christine Niles interviews Faith Hakesley on her show “Forward Boldly.”

Catholics all over the world are demanding the resignation of Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s doctrine chief, for a 1998 book he authored, Mystical Passion, describing union with God using explicit, some say blasphemous, sexual terminology.

Niles writes:

Its most controversial passage involves the “mystical encounter” of a 16-year-old girl, confiding to Fernández when he was a priest. In this experience, the girl meets Jesus, then proceeds to sensually touch Him all over His body before they exchange a prolonged kiss on the lips, as the Blessed Mother looks on approvingly.

According to one priest, “That isn’t mystical. That’s demonic.”

Faith Hakesley joins this episode of “Forward Boldly” to weigh in with her own perspective as a survivor of priestly sex abuse. ….

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