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September 14, 2018
CUF Resolution to Archbishop Listecki Regarding
"Retreat for Gay Priests"
WHEREAS, on October 2-4, 2018, the organization “New Ways Ministry” will sponsor "a retreat for gay
priests, brothers and deacons" at the Siena Retreat Center in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the Vatican approved the document The Gift of the Priestly Vocation which declared
that the Church “cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present
deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ‘gay culture’"; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, the Vatican published a Notification Regarding Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND and
Father Robert Nugent, SDS which censured these two founders of New Ways Ministry for their lack of
adherence to Church teaching on the morality of homosexual acts by permanently prohibiting them "from
any pastoral work involving homosexual persons"; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops declared that New Ways Ministry
cannot legitimately speak for Catholics, due to its continued lack of adherence to Church teaching; and
WHEREAS, recent events have demonstrated that the American bishops, as a group, have failed adequately
to discipline themselves (and their priests) regarding the Church’s teachings on sexuality; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned failure has led to announcements of secular legal investigations of the
Church in at least seven states to date; and
WHEREAS, New Ways Ministry has announced that Father Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee, will facilitate the aforementioned October 2-4, 2018 retreat; and
WHEREAS, in 2006, Father Massingale publicly opposed passage of the Wisconsin Marriage Amendment
despite its support by all five Wisconsin bishops; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, Father Massingale publicly opposed a draft of a presidential executive action
guaranteeing religious freedom, basing his opposition on the demonstrably false claim that “Christians are
not under attack in this country”; and
WHEREAS, Father Massingale, at his Ordination, made a vow of obedience to the local ordinary and his
successors;
BE IT RESOLVED, in order to prevent further damage to the Faith, and scandal to the faithful, the St.
Gregory VII Chapter of Catholics United for the Faith (CUF) hereby urges you, as Archbishop of Milwaukee,
to officially prohibit the exercise of Father Massingale’s participation in the New Ways Ministry retreat.
Alfred P. Szews, Ph.D., President
St. Gregory VII Chapter--CUF
cufmil@wi.rr.com 414-321-9377
Copy to: Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., 3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
CUF Resolution to Archbishop Listecki Regarding
"Retreat for Gay Priests"
WHEREAS, on October 2-4, 2018, the organization “New Ways Ministry” will sponsor "a retreat for gay
priests, brothers and deacons" at the Siena Retreat Center in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the Vatican approved the document The Gift of the Priestly Vocation which declared
that the Church “cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present
deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ‘gay culture’"; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, the Vatican published a Notification Regarding Sister Jeannine Gramick, SSND and
Father Robert Nugent, SDS which censured these two founders of New Ways Ministry for their lack of
adherence to Church teaching on the morality of homosexual acts by permanently prohibiting them "from
any pastoral work involving homosexual persons"; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops declared that New Ways Ministry
cannot legitimately speak for Catholics, due to its continued lack of adherence to Church teaching; and
WHEREAS, recent events have demonstrated that the American bishops, as a group, have failed adequately
to discipline themselves (and their priests) regarding the Church’s teachings on sexuality; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned failure has led to announcements of secular legal investigations of the
Church in at least seven states to date; and
WHEREAS, New Ways Ministry has announced that Father Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of
Milwaukee, will facilitate the aforementioned October 2-4, 2018 retreat; and
WHEREAS, in 2006, Father Massingale publicly opposed passage of the Wisconsin Marriage Amendment
despite its support by all five Wisconsin bishops; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, Father Massingale publicly opposed a draft of a presidential executive action
guaranteeing religious freedom, basing his opposition on the demonstrably false claim that “Christians are
not under attack in this country”; and
WHEREAS, Father Massingale, at his Ordination, made a vow of obedience to the local ordinary and his
successors;
BE IT RESOLVED, in order to prevent further damage to the Faith, and scandal to the faithful, the St.
Gregory VII Chapter of Catholics United for the Faith (CUF) hereby urges you, as Archbishop of Milwaukee,
to officially prohibit the exercise of Father Massingale’s participation in the New Ways Ministry retreat.
Alfred P. Szews, Ph.D., President
St. Gregory VII Chapter--CUF
cufmil@wi.rr.com 414-321-9377
Copy to: Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., 3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20008
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CUF's Letter to Archbishop Listecki Regarding Sex-Abuse Crisis
March 11, 2019
The Most Reverend Jerome Listecki
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee
3501 S. Lake Dr.
P.O. Box 070912
Milwaukee, WI 53207-0912
Your Excellency,
Church Militant’s recent article, "Listecki's Big Lie: The Gaying of the Milwaukee Diocese" touched on an
issue we have tried to address with you a number of times in the past to no avail. Now, due to your
actions and inactions, the “gaying of the Milwaukee Archdiocese” is gaining increasing national attention
and — via Milwaukee Archdiocesan priests Fr. Bryan Massingale and Fr. Gregory Greiten — contributing
generously to the homosexual subculture throughout the Church that is "wreaking great devastation in the
vineyard of the Lord" as the late Bishop Robert Morlino and others have declared.
But Church Militant addressed only part of the corruption. There are a great many more instances in
which you have chosen to withhold your episcopal authority to stop or even condemn destructive
LGBTQ-related activities within the Archdiocese, and others in which you have actively promoted the
normalization of homosexuality within the Church.
For example, the Church Militant article addresses “Gay and Straight In Christ” (GASIC). We alerted you
to GASIC years ago. You assured us that after talking to them, you were confident they were adhering to
Catholic teaching. This is odd because then and now, GASIC seeks to — in their own words — “push the
envelope," promoting spiritually poisonous lies such as:
Unimpeded by the Archdiocese, however, GASIC remains active and is now, we have learned,
advertising inside parish bulletins at other parishes, such as these (see page 8) shared by the Catholic
Community of Waukesha — a cluster of four parishes and two school systems.
Last November, you awarded the Archdiocese’s Vatican II Service to the Priesthood Award to
homosexual advocate Fr. Mike Hammer who openly promotes the idea that the Church is wrong with
regard to its teaching regarding homosexual activity and needs to change.
In October, you refused to use your proper episcopal authority (see pages 11 & 12) to stop Milwaukee
Archdiocesan priest Fr. Bryan Massingale from conducting retreats for “gay priests, brothers and
deacons” taking place at Siena Retreat Center in Racine.
Throughout your tenure, you have done little to nothing to diminish the ubiquitous influence of disgraced
and unrepentant homosexual advocate Rembert Weakland pervading multiple Archdiocesan
churches and properties in the form of images, “reckovations” and parish/chancery staff members.
You have failed to publicly denounce Marquette University, the largest Catholic university in Wisconsin,
for perverting itself into a hub of LGBTQ advocacy by its ...
You have allowed for just one (1) Church-approved COURAGE chapter situated 42 miles away from
Archdiocesan headquarters to serve an archdiocese of roughly 590,000 Catholics.
And, like so many of your brother bishops, in your public statements regarding the current sex-abuse
crisis savaging our Church (here, here and here) you have meticulously avoided the use of the word
“homosexual” or any related terms, opting instead to advance the insidious red herring that this is merely
about “child abuse.”
In each of these cases, it was within your province to demonstrate to the entire Milwaukee community
that the LGBTQ ideology is antithetical to Catholic teaching. While the Church has always maintained
those with same-sex-attraction share the same human dignity as any human being, we should not
celebrate or encourage an “inclination which is objectively disordered” (CCC 2357) and a lifestyle that is
poisonous to both body and soul. But, other than a couple tepid, poorly proclaimed responses to the
outcries of the faithful, you have offered no discernable leadership in these perilous times.
Given our Archdiocese’s uniquely scandalous past in this regard and the now near daily revelations
of active homosexual networks perverting dioceses throughout the world, we are obliged to demand your
public clarification of the degree of homosexual infiltration within the Archdiocese and your position on
it. Your Excellency, which side are you on, that of the Catholic Church or of the LGBTQ movement?
Again, you are hardly alone in your evasion and inaction regarding this issue; many of your fellow
bishops will no doubt pretend the defrocking of Theodore McCarrick and the recent “summit” mark the
end of this crisis. They do not. The silence of bishops regarding the homosexual subculture metastasizing
throughout the Church enabled McCarrick — and so many others — to become the monsters they are.
Until this grim reality is addressed directly, visibly and vigorously, the crisis will worsen. Your
Excellency, you have the opportunity — and the duty — to begin this process here and now. Call out and
denounce the homosexual subculture that has long been spiritually and financially impoverishing our
Archdiocese. Publicly putting an end to GASIC and explaining your reasons for doing so would be an
excellent place to start.
United in Christ,
Alfred P. Szews, Ph.D., President
St. Gregory VII Chapter--CUF
cufmil@wi.rr.com 414-321-9377
Copy: Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S.
3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
March 11, 2019
The Most Reverend Jerome Listecki
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee
3501 S. Lake Dr.
P.O. Box 070912
Milwaukee, WI 53207-0912
Your Excellency,
Church Militant’s recent article, "Listecki's Big Lie: The Gaying of the Milwaukee Diocese" touched on an
issue we have tried to address with you a number of times in the past to no avail. Now, due to your
actions and inactions, the “gaying of the Milwaukee Archdiocese” is gaining increasing national attention
and — via Milwaukee Archdiocesan priests Fr. Bryan Massingale and Fr. Gregory Greiten — contributing
generously to the homosexual subculture throughout the Church that is "wreaking great devastation in the
vineyard of the Lord" as the late Bishop Robert Morlino and others have declared.
But Church Militant addressed only part of the corruption. There are a great many more instances in
which you have chosen to withhold your episcopal authority to stop or even condemn destructive
LGBTQ-related activities within the Archdiocese, and others in which you have actively promoted the
normalization of homosexuality within the Church.
For example, the Church Militant article addresses “Gay and Straight In Christ” (GASIC). We alerted you
to GASIC years ago. You assured us that after talking to them, you were confident they were adhering to
Catholic teaching. This is odd because then and now, GASIC seeks to — in their own words — “push the
envelope," promoting spiritually poisonous lies such as:
- Homosexuals are morally correct in defining themselves by their sexual inclination.
- The Catholic Church has traditionally been hostile and unwelcoming toward, not only the
- mortal sin of sodomy, but individuals who identify as homosexual.
- Groups like GASIC are consistent with church teachings on human dignity and conscience.
- New Ways Ministry is a Catholic apostolate (“No one should be misled by the claim that New
- Ways Ministry provides an authentic interpretation of Catholic teaching and an authentic
Unimpeded by the Archdiocese, however, GASIC remains active and is now, we have learned,
advertising inside parish bulletins at other parishes, such as these (see page 8) shared by the Catholic
Community of Waukesha — a cluster of four parishes and two school systems.
Last November, you awarded the Archdiocese’s Vatican II Service to the Priesthood Award to
homosexual advocate Fr. Mike Hammer who openly promotes the idea that the Church is wrong with
regard to its teaching regarding homosexual activity and needs to change.
In October, you refused to use your proper episcopal authority (see pages 11 & 12) to stop Milwaukee
Archdiocesan priest Fr. Bryan Massingale from conducting retreats for “gay priests, brothers and
deacons” taking place at Siena Retreat Center in Racine.
Throughout your tenure, you have done little to nothing to diminish the ubiquitous influence of disgraced
and unrepentant homosexual advocate Rembert Weakland pervading multiple Archdiocesan
churches and properties in the form of images, “reckovations” and parish/chancery staff members.
You have failed to publicly denounce Marquette University, the largest Catholic university in Wisconsin,
for perverting itself into a hub of LGBTQ advocacy by its ...
- extending employee health benefits to same-sex couples
- establishing a university-sponsored LGBTQ Resource Center
- becoming the first Catholic university in history to host a Pride Prom
- hosting homosexual activist Fr. James Martin to keynote “Marquette Mission Week 2018."
- retaining Fr. Martin’s Honorary Degree presented in 2014.
- holding "LGBTQ Masses."
You have allowed for just one (1) Church-approved COURAGE chapter situated 42 miles away from
Archdiocesan headquarters to serve an archdiocese of roughly 590,000 Catholics.
And, like so many of your brother bishops, in your public statements regarding the current sex-abuse
crisis savaging our Church (here, here and here) you have meticulously avoided the use of the word
“homosexual” or any related terms, opting instead to advance the insidious red herring that this is merely
about “child abuse.”
In each of these cases, it was within your province to demonstrate to the entire Milwaukee community
that the LGBTQ ideology is antithetical to Catholic teaching. While the Church has always maintained
those with same-sex-attraction share the same human dignity as any human being, we should not
celebrate or encourage an “inclination which is objectively disordered” (CCC 2357) and a lifestyle that is
poisonous to both body and soul. But, other than a couple tepid, poorly proclaimed responses to the
outcries of the faithful, you have offered no discernable leadership in these perilous times.
Given our Archdiocese’s uniquely scandalous past in this regard and the now near daily revelations
of active homosexual networks perverting dioceses throughout the world, we are obliged to demand your
public clarification of the degree of homosexual infiltration within the Archdiocese and your position on
it. Your Excellency, which side are you on, that of the Catholic Church or of the LGBTQ movement?
Again, you are hardly alone in your evasion and inaction regarding this issue; many of your fellow
bishops will no doubt pretend the defrocking of Theodore McCarrick and the recent “summit” mark the
end of this crisis. They do not. The silence of bishops regarding the homosexual subculture metastasizing
throughout the Church enabled McCarrick — and so many others — to become the monsters they are.
Until this grim reality is addressed directly, visibly and vigorously, the crisis will worsen. Your
Excellency, you have the opportunity — and the duty — to begin this process here and now. Call out and
denounce the homosexual subculture that has long been spiritually and financially impoverishing our
Archdiocese. Publicly putting an end to GASIC and explaining your reasons for doing so would be an
excellent place to start.
United in Christ,
Alfred P. Szews, Ph.D., President
St. Gregory VII Chapter--CUF
cufmil@wi.rr.com 414-321-9377
Copy: Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S.
3339 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
Archbishop Listecki's 3-29-19 Response to CUF's 3-11-19 Letter
See Letter
See Letter
