Devilish Tactics: Father Emile Boutin's Posts Suddenly Vanish

In my last post, I included links to two Blog posts written by Father Emile "Mike" Boutin and posted at the Men in Black Blog. These links are not working because someone has apparently deleted the Blog posts in question. The first post was entitled simply "Sexual Abuse" and was posted on April 8, 2010. This was the post where Father Boutin wrote, "Should priests be celibate today? No. Celibacy should be its own charism in the Church, for those who are called to it."

The second Blog post which appears to have been deleted was entitled "Who's to blame? The Sexual Abuse Scandal, Part 2" and was posted on April 16, 2010. This was the Blog post where Father Boutin wrote, "..contrary to Cardinal Bertone's absolutely outlandish claims, there are no studies that suggest that homosexuality is the cause of this scandal, but there certainly are plenty of studies that loudly proclaim that the attitudes of bishops like Cardinal Bertone certainly contributed to the climate that encouraged it." In the same post, Father Boutin writes, "..one of the 'serial offenders' was my friend and priest mentor. He was the pastor of my home parish, and served as my priest mentor in a number of parishes I worked in during the summer while in the seminary. On the day of my ordination, he was chosen by me to put the priestly vestment, the chasuble, over my head for the first time. He abused countless altar boys, including most of the ones who served at my First Mass as a priest….I don’t look at my own ordination or First Mass pictures any more…Why won’t I name him? Why don’t I just print his name here and destroy his life the way he destroyed so many other lives? Because I can’t….and that’s part of the problem."

I'll say. Most assuredly part of the problem. The Code of Silence.

These Blog posts are disturbing. For not only do they show Father Boutin's opposition to clerical celibacy, but they provide snapshots of the mind of a Catholic priest who seems to believe that homosexuality has not been at the root of most of the clerical abuse cases [even though numerous studies have shown otherwise] and who is willing to cast aspersions on faithful Bishops such as Cardinal Bertone while protecting a "serial offender."

Small wonder these posts have been deleted. The Men in Black campaign is supposed to be a vehicle for promoting vocations to the Diocesan priesthood. But the Men in Black Blog authored by Father Boutin was being used as a vehicle for promoting dissent.

Our sad time.

Oh and by the way, these posts may have been deleted. But I made copies.