Something BIG Happening!
By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired and Stephanie A. Walker Stradford
AMWS, October 6, 2018, Virtual -- Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced
yesterday that he expected to vote to confirm Kavanaugh, with a caveat, “unless
something big happens.” Sen Lisa Murkowski
(R-WA) announced she would vote no.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he would vote to confirm. Senator Susan
Collins (R-ME), apparently wrestling to reconcile faith, trust, emotion and
intellect, took an hour to explain her Catch-22. But, Flake, in his moment of
conscience, may have drawn a few good catholic friends nearer to an all-pervading
win-win.
The lower case “c” in the word, “catholic,” admonishes 88 of
100 U.S. Senators to expect “something big” to happen. A U.S. Senate vote today can confirm an
alleged abuser, embolden bullies, leave one “woman
with an issue…” bleeding and thousands more “women
at a well” unfulfilled. In deciding who
should judge, #WeThePeople need only ponder the question, W.W.J.D.?
“I object to Kavanaugh being on the Supreme Court,” posted
one Facebook friend. “Obviously he was
an undisciplined spoiled kid who never learned right from wrong, but please
don’t include the entire Catholic
Church over Kavanaugh! I am sure most religions have problems but I would
Never attach anyone’s evil doers in their religion.”
One friend responds to facts and findings in our October 1,
2018 report, “Here
Comes The Judge.” At the same time, our friend inspires the blessed among
us to consider, “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it.”
One takeaway from current events surround one American catholic nominated by
the President of the United States to serve as a United States Supreme Court
Justice. The United States Senate,
comprised of some 88 catholics, including 24 Roman
Catholics, must weigh a shared inherited value, “so
help me God,” against uncorroborated truths,
to advise and consent on the nominee’s appointment.
Neither FBI investigations,
nor inquiries by catholic or Roman Catholic Church leaders,
offer sufficient evidence that young Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge or any other
classmate at Georgetown Preparatory School, was or was not abused by
clergy. Likewise, no complete investigation by
the FBI, State, local law enforcement or the Holy See publishes facts to
support allegations that abused children grew up to become abusers
themselves.
No credible investigation by the U.S. Senate or the FBI
supports allegations by Dr. Christine Blassey Ford that she was sexually
assaulted by the same catholic boy now being considered for the U.S. Supreme
Court. Not all abused children were
abused by Roman Catholic clergy. At the same time, we learn that not all catholics
are Roman Catholic. Twenty-four (24)
U.S. Senators 24 identify as Roman Catholic but at least 88 present as catholic (with a
lower case “c”).
Our catholic friends who also identify as Roman Catholic might
be encouraged or angered after reading Pope
Francis’ take away from child sex abuse allegations. “If one member suffers, all suffer together
with it” (1 Cor 12:26),” he states in his Encyclical Letter on the
subject. And, as a footnote, he writes, “But this
kind [of demon] does not come out except by prayer and fasting” (Mt 17:21).
Our Facebook friend (FBF),
Mary Ellen Tauper, offered yet another perspective on
Catholic education. She is a trusted
elder, with an opinion that should be heard.
“Being a life-long, practicing Catholic, I cannot fully agree with you
equating the Catholic Church with being complicit in the Kavanaugh case,” Mrs
Tauper posted. “I know the church has a
major problem with sexual assault and it grieves me more than you will ever
know. However, blaming Catholic education for Kavanaugh’s behavior! I attended
Catholic Schools for most of my education and my childrens and a grandchild who
attended Catholic schools and I had a Nun and a Priest in my family and sexual
assault was never performed on any one of us! I object to your comment that
Elite Catholic Education should be taken out of the hands of Catholic educators
because this privileged rich kid went to a Catholic prep school? Unfortunately drinking
is obsessive on all college campuses and prep schools not just Catholic
campuses.”
FROM THE
PUBLISHER
Dearest Mary Ellen
Tauper:
I
wanted to take the time to reply to your comments. I pray you will take the time to read
our follow-up to your reply.
First,
knowing you as I do over the past eight years, I want to thank you for your
sincerity. You should know that I too
have family members who belong to the Catholic Church and who attended Catholic
schools. In no way was the article meant
to slander any religion, because as you inferred, “we all fall short of the
glory of God.”
What
you may not know is that both Eric and I have been journalists for more than 30
years. He received his experience in the
U.S. Marine Corps in Public Affairs, as well as the Far East Network. I started my career at National Broadcasting
Company in Washington, D.C. In 1994, we
partnered to establish the American Mentor Wire Service (known as AMWS). AMWS researches available information via
people, the Internet, newspapers, press releases, television and cable, to
produce and publish articles, radio blogs, webinars, and videos.
All
of the information you read in “Here Comes The Judge” was public information
researched from diverse previously reported sources and combined into one
article. Most importantly, we also read
the LETTER OF HIS
HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD. The Pope started
his letter with “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it (I Cor
12:26).”
Our
AMWS article was not intended to offend anyone but to encourage “we the people”
to take into consideration the many patterns of behavior that may have
affected the life of the current candidate for the Supreme Court.
I
appreciate your input and encourage others to voice their freedom of
speech. Again, thank you for your
perspective.
God bless you!
Stephanie
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