The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) is holding its 2022 Annual Assembly in Baltimore MD, June 20-23. As reported earlier this week, the AUSCP bestowed two champions of the homosexualist movement with its highest award.According to the AUSCP Assembly schedule, this year’s theme is “Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future.” Based on the above-mentioned awards and the scheduled slate of speakers, it appears that the AUSCP is dreaming of a decidedly homosexual and dissident path for … [Read more...]
US Bishop-Backed Priest Association Honors LGBT Champions
The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) is once again holding its Annual Assembly, this time in Baltimore, MD, June 20-23. We’ve reported on a number of past AUSCP events and issued reports on AUSCP rhetoric concerning women’s ordination to the priesthood and AUSCP’s membership in an international network of dissident organizations.This year, it appears the AUSCP is back at it again. According to an AUSCP press release, it is bestowing its 2022 St. John XXIII Award to two champions of … [Read more...]
Lepanto Institute Responds to AUSCP
On 9 February 2022, the Executive Director for the Association of United States Catholic Priests (ASUCP), Fr. Stephen Newton, CSC, sent a letter to Michael Hichborn, president and founder of the Lepanto Institute. The letter is said to have been sent “at the request of the AUSCP Core Team ... in response to Lepanto once again labeling AUSCP a heretical organization,” and it referenced our recent article headlined, “The Synod’s Backdoor for Heretics.” The AUSCP's letter can be read here.The … [Read more...]
US Catholic Bishops Participate in Conference Promoting Same-Sex “Marriage”
CORRECTION: Bp. William Wack, provided a video presentation to the AUSCP Assembly, but did not attend in person. In a statement he issued today, Bp. Wack indicated that in his presentation: "There was no mention of same-sex marriage or anything contrary to Church teachings, that’s for sure. I hardly think that it is a scandal when a bishop talks to priests about holiness and the need to reform our lives." Bp. Wack also indicated that the rainbow blanket he donned for that picture was posted … [Read more...]
Bishop-Supported Priest Association Continues Push for Women’s Ordination
The Lepanto Institute has been ringing the alarm bell about the Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) and its unrelenting push to undermine Catholic teaching for several years now. In the past, we’ve reported on this group for its alliance with sexually deviant organizations and agendas, its work with an international network of heretical organizations, and its call for “priestless parishes.” The AUSCP’s scandalous work even elicited a warning from its own bishop, Bp. Daniel Thomas, who … [Read more...]
