Anonymous wrote:I reported the link to that thread to the moderator several days ago and nothing ever happened. If this priest had an allegation and the police had been contacted, there would be notification of such allegation on the diocesan website and the local media would’ve reported it. Nothing like that has occurred.

You have a lot of faith in the Arlington Diocese.

I reported the link to that thread to the moderator several days ago and nothing ever happened. If this priest had an allegation and the police had been contacted, there would be notification of such allegation on the diocesan website and the local media would’ve reported it. Nothing like that has occurred.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure of the accuracy of this source, but this looks pretty bad: https://moonracer07.wixsite.com/website-1

This is a ridiculous site with no credibility whatsoever.

I don’t know the guy being mentioned and am not even Catholic. However, this kind of smear site is horrifically irresponsible.

It produces no evidence, merely unsupported accusations and innuendo, and the person who posted it here should be ashamed of themselves.

+1

If you look in their most recent parish bulletin they have a note about him going to treatment. The facebook page looks ridiculous though--it goes back many years and includes criticism such as Fr. Hillyard not doing enough to help some random homeless woman who was hanging out on the cathedral grounds one day.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure of the accuracy of this source, but this looks pretty bad: https://moonracer07.wixsite.com/website-1

This is a ridiculous site with no credibility whatsoever.

I don’t know the guy being mentioned and am not even Catholic. However, this kind of smear site is horrifically irresponsible.

It produces no evidence, merely unsupported accusations and innuendo, and the person who posted it here should be ashamed of themselves.

+1

I agree there are a lot of gay priests in that oblate order from personal experience. Are they governed by the diocese in any way or just their order?

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Anonymous wrote:A message was sent about a week ago indicating he was leaving for treatment.

What does this mean?

Code for the Catholic church doing a CYA

Anonymous wrote:A message was sent about a week ago indicating he was leaving for treatment.

What does this mean?

I have no horse in this race. Like the previous poster, I’m not even Catholic.

That said, anyone can whip up a website in minutes today. That is precisely what this clearly is. It doesn’t mean the allegations are true or untrue, only that this is one person who put this together on the cheap.

Anonymous wrote:Not sure of the accuracy of this source, but this looks pretty bad: https://moonracer07.wixsite.com/website-1

This is a ridiculous site with no credibility whatsoever.

I don’t know the guy being mentioned and am not even Catholic. However, this kind of smear site is horrifically irresponsible.

It produces no evidence, merely unsupported accusations and innuendo, and the person who posted it here should be ashamed of themselves.

what kind of treatment?

A message was sent about a week ago indicating he was leaving for treatment.

Can someone post more information about these allegations?

I see the website posted and it is linked to a Facebook page with allegations from 2016 and 2017. I could not find any dates on that website, so I’m curious. Are they just getting around to investigating him now? What is going on? How long was he at OLGC? If he has been removed, what has been the messaging surrounding these allegations? The parish’s website still has him listed as pastor.

Yikes!!

Not sure of the accuracy of this source, but this looks pretty bad: https://moonracer07.wixsite.com/website-1

Father Matt leaving.. I’m concerned. What’s going on?