Thursday, November 29, 2007

"Priest Indicted in Sex Case Opens Worship Center"

Monsignor Dale Fushek of the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona, “Indicted on seven misdemeanor charges of sex-related behavior with male teens…between 1984 and 1994” and awaiting trial, is not idling his time away while on leave from the diocese. This was reported in the Nov 24 issue of the East Valley/Scottsdale (Arizona) Tribune, in an article titled, “Priest Indicted in Sex Case Opens Worship Center.”

Fushek has started something called the “Praise and Worship Center,” a ministry “Billed as non-denominational and intended to complement – not take the place of – people’s primary worship elsewhere.” The Nov 22 service at the Mesa Convention Center “Featured prayer, music, praise, and a message.” They meet next on Dec 23.

“Fushek, 55, faces one count of assault, five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and one count of indecent exposure. Teens complained that he carried on sexually explicit discussions with them during confession, exposed himself to them as he got into his hot tub and created a sexually charged setting with teens present.”

A spokesman for the diocese lamely said, “We have no control on what he (Fushek) does as a Catholic citizen.”

A web site called http://www.helpmonsignordale.com/, which solicits money for Fushek’s legal defense says:

“He misses the community that was removed from his life…he misses working with the youth (emphasis mine).”

Comment – I’ll bet “he misses working with the youth!!”

Fushek also used to be the diocesan vicar general – second in command in the diocese. He held this office under former Bishop Thomas O’Brien. The same Bishop O’Brien who in 2003 hit and killed a man with his car, and whose initial defense was that he thought he had hit a rock!

We thank God for again exposing the wicked nature of the Roman priesthood. Pray daily that God open the eyes of Catholics to the wickedness inherent in their church, that He bless them with repentance from Rome forever, and give them faith ALONE in Jesus Christ for the full and free forgiveness of sins – no Catholic priest needed!