"Defenders of Church", now renamed "docsociety.org", Issue First Draft of White Paper on StP-M Archdiocese

This first edition of this white paper is meant to record the insights and stories of clergy and laity in our local Church. Pope Benedict XVI often argues that truth in love leads to decision - and decision is necessary for conversion. This first draft is a series of vignettes and a structured timeline to help tell the truth. We hope many witnesses will help us complete a more coherent narrative by Pentecost. The use of the Web and electronic communication puts us in touch with many more witnesses than older reporting methods. The reliability of reports, however, becomes even more critical. We ask all our readers to correct us if we state even small items incorrectly, and certainly we hope for vigorous corrections if we seem to misinterpret personalities and cultures.

The 22,000 word, 56 page document, addressed to the priests, deacons and seminarians of the archdiocese, can be downloaded from here.

Early in Lent, this local organization, formerly known as the "Dan O'Connell Society" held a press conference to deplore what they maintained was a "gay culture" within the ranks of the priests of the archdiocese. This paper is the initial distribution of a report that was promised by the end of Lent. It appears that if corrections need to be made to the report, they will be made and released by Pentecost which is June 4 this year.

It now appears that "Defenders of Church" has been dropped as commonly used name; the web page is headed with "docsociety.org."

Warning #1: We link to this story because of its local importance within the Archdiocese. This does not necessarily mean that we endorse the Society or the contents of this report.

Warning #2: Be aware that the information in this document, especially the appendices, is sexually explicit.