{"id":10957,"date":"2010-12-21T14:20:46","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T19:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=10957"},"modified":"2010-12-21T14:25:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T19:25:55","slug":"no-longer-a-catholic-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2010\/12\/no-longer-a-catholic-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"No longer a Catholic hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix held a press conference this afternoon and has stripped St. Joseph\u2019s Medical Center of its status as being a Catholic hospital.<\/p>\n

This is no surprise for anybody following the story as the Bishop has struggled with this hospital pretty much since his installment as bishop seven years ago. \u00a0This year as the result of the abortion performed there and the unapologetic nun who excommunicated herself by allowing it the whole thing has snowballed. Too bad it was not just one bad nun who did not understand Church teaching and its application but instead a cancer that had metastasized\u00a0throughout Catholic Healthcare West (CHW). \u00a0The bishop in his statement lists several of formal cooperation with evil that the hospital was involved with and that the bishop had only recently learned of. \u00a0The hospital has been in violation of some Ethical Religious Directives (ERDs) issued by the U.S.C.C.B. over the years and we know learn the full extent of these violations.<\/p>\n

The bishop led off with \u201cWhatever you did for the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me.\u201d and makes the distinction between authentic Catholic healthcare and what CHW has been doing.<\/p>\n

I am very thankful for the Bishop’s action, but I am not rejoicing that he had to take such a necessary action. \u00a0I think the Bishop feels the same way as evidenced by his letter. \u00a0This though is what makes him a good shepherd in that his actions primarily are directed towards protecting the flock and not just getting along with the wolves.<\/p>\n

A Catholic hospital disobedient to both Church teaching and their local Bishop is no Catholic hospital at all, but just a hospital with some Catholic trappings and the name of a saint. \u00a0The action of the administration has been nothing but scandalous and their language the same as all dissidents use. They hide themselves in their own interpretation and then appeal only to those theologians who hold that exact same opinion. \u00a0It is consensus with only those who agree with them.<\/p>\n

I applaud Bishop Olmsted for this slow and deliberate action in apparently doing all he could to not come to this point and then making the right decision when circumstances forced this.<\/p>\n

If only he could strip them of the name St. Joseph also. \u00a0I would prefer they name themselves “Moloch R Us” in a bid to transparency and the reality of what they are willing to do. \u00a0There is great scandal in the name of medical institutions that murder the unborn having the name of a saint or Our Lord himself. \u00a0Jill Stanek blew the whistle on Christ Hospital performing infanticide. \u00a0These institutions should all rename themselves to more fitting titles, but I guess Mengele Hospital doesn’t succeed PR-wise.<\/p>\n

Even sadder is that it is not just this one hospital so infected. \u00a0CHW runs over 30 medical institutions in California, Arizona, and Nevada and the problems that exist in this one hospital also exist to some degree in the other ones. \u00a0American Life League in just two days of investigation found multiple scandalous activities by CHW as evidence in this PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I sincerely hope that more than just Bishop Olmstead work to resolve this problem to the extent possible. \u00a0CHW has ethically bloody hands in other diocese and their bishops need to act appropriately. \u00a0Besides CHW is not the only Catholic Health organization that has surrendered to the culture and betrayed Christ – Sister Carol Keehan anyone?<\/p>\n

For anybody who want a more thorough look at this story and the implications involved I would highly recommend Jimmy Akin’s series on the subject: Parts in this series: one<\/a>, two<\/a>, three<\/a>, four<\/a>, five<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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