Saturday, May 10, 2008

He Can't Get Away from This Guy

“Carl Mawhinney is infuriated at what has come to the ‘hood. Dale Fushek, the Catholic priest whom he accuses of sexually related misbehavior with him when he was a young teenager two decades ago, has brought his upstart non-denominational church to within a half-mile of Mawhinney’s home in Mesa.”

This was reported in the April 26 East Valley/Scottsdale (Arizona) Tribune, in an article titled, “Neighbor Angry Over Fushek’s New Church.”

Fushek is a suspended priest from the Diocese of Phoenix. He’s facing several charges relating to sexual misbehavior back in the 80’s and early 90’s, and Mawhinney’s case is one of those charges! Fushek’s first pre-trail hearing is scheduled for May 21.

What Fushek and an ex-priest have done is start something called “The Praise and Worship Center.” It resembles one of those wimpy, non-denominational evangelical churches – meeting in a large auditorium, with a watered-down message, along with the requisite and trashy rock-n-roll “praise” music with lyrics suited to the level of four-year-olds.

The Praise and Worship Center is now meeting on Sunday mornings at a place called Fiesta Fountains, a banquet and conference center a half-mile from Mawhinney’s home! When Mawhinney found this out he said, “He is setting up shop in my neighborhood. I can’t believe that he is doing this.”

“Mawhinney said he stepped in the foyer of Fiesta Fountains on Sunday and asked if it was Fushek’s new location. Immediately a man confronted him and told him, ‘You really need to come here and hear Dale’s message. He is awesome and he is full of the Holy Spirit.’”

“I looked at him and I said, ‘I won’t be attending this because I am one of the victims that was abused by him,’ Mawhinney said.”

The Phoenix Diocese is of no help in this matter, as they have washed their hands of anything Fushek now does.

Sadly, Mawhinney is still a Catholic. May Christ free him from his hurt and from the sin of Catholicism. Please keep praying daily for Catholic conversions, and that God protect children from – the Roman Catholic priesthood.