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When a Bishop Clearly Acts in Bad Faith, by Kevin T. DiCamillo – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

When a Bishop Clearly Acts in Bad Faith, by Kevin T. DiCamillo

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Episcopal Ordination of Most Reverend Michael W. Fisher. Youtube. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Jun 29, 2018. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington ordains Bishop-Elect Michael Fisher as Auxiliary Bishop of Washington at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

By Kevin T. DiCamillo, Crisis Magazine, Dec. 31, 2025

Kevin T. DiCamillo is a freelance writer and editor who writes regularly for National Catholic Register and PublishingPerspectives. He won the Foley Poetry Prize from America Magazine. His work has appeared in Columbia, The Priest, The Times Literary Supplement (of London), James Joyce Quarterly, The National Poetry Review, The Antigonish Review, Opium and other publications. …

Our Bishop didn’t just close and sell our church, he swindled parishioners into paying for what turned out to be capital improvements to make the sale more lucrative.

With all the church closings, clustering, and twinning, alongside the seemingly endless amount of money in terms of payouts to victims of clerical and religious abuse, it is almost easy to become disillusioned with the leadership of some—many—of the dioceses in the United States at present.

However, occasionally a Local Ordinary will do something so far beyond the pale that to not point it out would be akin to a sin of omission. Regrettably, this happened at our parish, St. Raphael’s in Niagara Falls, New York, at the hands of Buffalo bishop, Michael Fisher.

On October 3, 2023, the aforementioned bishop came to our relatively small church to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation for my twins and thirty other young believers from two other parishes. It was literally standing room only; and as always with confirmations, it was a moving ceremony. …

When a Bishop Clearly Acts in Bad Faith, by Kevin T. DiCamillo

Federal Probes Intensify in Minnesota Child Care Fraud Case Amid New Charges, Viral Exposé, by Elise Winland

By Kevin T. DiCamillo, Crisis Magazine, Dec. 31, 2025

Our Bishop didn’t just close and sell our church, he swindled parishioners into paying for what turned out to be capital improvements to make the sale more lucrative.

With all the church closings, clustering, and twinning, alongside the seemingly endless amount of money in terms of payouts to victims of clerical and religious abuse, it is almost easy to become disillusioned with the leadership of some—many—of the dioceses in the United States at present.

However, occasionally a Local Ordinary will do something so far beyond the pale that to not point it out would be akin to a sin of omission. Regrettably, this happened at our parish, St. Raphael’s in Niagara Falls, New York, at the hands of Buffalo bishop, Michael Fisher.

On October 3, 2023, the aforementioned bishop came to our relatively small church to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation for my twins and thirty other young believers from two other parishes. It was literally standing room only; and as always with confirmations, it was a moving ceremony. …

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