On July 2, the Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) issued a press release indicating that the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis rejected the AUSCP’s application for a vendor table and active participation in the event earlier this summer. The release states: …We regret, with sadness, that the National Association of U.S. Catholic Priests will have no formal presence among the many thousands of the faithful, lay and ordained, gathering in this public and profound proclamation … [Read more...]
Lepanto Institute Holds Rosary Rally Protesting Dissident Priest’s Assembly
Michael Hichborn, president of the Lepanto Institute, was on site in Lexington, KY, where the Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) held its Annual Assembly. During the Assembly, Hichborn held a Rosary rally outside with local supporters to protest the AUSCP and pray for the conversion of its dissident priests.As the Lepanto Institute has been reporting since 2017, the AUSCP is notorious for:Promoting women’s sacramental ordination Promoting homosexual activism Presenting … [Read more...]
AUSCP to Host Same-Sex “Married” Marymount University Professor of Theology
The Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) has replaced a keynote speaker at its 12th Annual Assembly (taking place June 12-15 at the University of San Diego) with a university Theology professor who claims to be “married” to another man. Cardinal Louis Tagle had to cancel his participation in the Assembly because he had been appointed by Pope Francis as his Special Envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a time that made his presence … [Read more...]
US Bishop-Backed Priest Association Helped Found and Lead International Conspiracy to Change Church Teaching, Structure
SUMMARY OF FINDINGSIn 2018, we published a report detailing the Association of US Catholic Priest’s (AUSCP) involvement in a dissident organization called the International Church Reform Network (ICRN) and focused primarily on an alarming conference the ICRN held in Chicago in 2016. We recently conducted a deeper investigation into the AUSCP’s involvement with the ICRN and have established the following points:The AUSCP helped found the ICRN with the help of other dissident priest … [Read more...]
Association of US Catholic Priests Dodge Questions, Refuse to Affirm Catholic Doctrine
In February, the Lepanto Institute received a curt, 1-page letter from the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP) threatening legal action if we did not cease to refer to the organization as "heretical" and insisting that the organization promotes "women's ordination to the priesthood."We responded to this cease and desist demand with a seven page letter detailing the AUSCP's published words, actions, and organizational decisions, followed by 18 very simple yes or no questions … [Read more...]
