Another Redemporis Mater priest passes on to the Father
He is Father Gioacchino Basile, 60, missionary priest from Reggio Calabria Italy, who died this morning in Newark, NJ. In 1986, already being part of the Neo-catechumenal Way which helped him to discover his vocation to the priesthood, he was evangelizing in Sicily. After this phase of intense discernment, he left for New Jersey, where he entered the seminary in 1988. He was ordained a priest on May 27, 1995 and, two months later, he was appointed parish priest in the city of Penuelas in Puerto Rico.
After a decade of ecclesial service in that region, he was transferred to New York to the parish of San Gabriele dell'Addolorata in the diocese of Brooklyn. He was always happy. He was also spiritual director in the Seminary RM of Brooklyn where Father Julio Caesar is Rector.
STATEMENT FROM CARDINAL GEORGE PELL
ReplyDeleteI have consistently maintained my innocence while suffering from a serious injustice.
Thi ha been remedied oda ih he High Cor nanimo deciion
I look forward to reading the judgment and reasons for the decision in detail.
I hold no ill will toward my accuser, I do not want my acquittal to add to the hurt and bitterness so many feel; there is certainly hurt and bitterness enough.
However my trial was not a referendum on the Catholic Church; nor a referendum on how Church authorities in Australia dealt with the crime of paedophilia in the Church.
The point was whether I had committed these awful crimes, and I did not.
The only basis for long term healing is truth and the only basis for justice is truth, because justice means truth for all.
A special thanks for all the prayers and thousands of letters of support.
I want to thank in particular my family for their love and support and what they had to go through; my small team of advisors; those who spoke up for me and suffered as a
result; and all my friends and supporters here and overseas.
Also my deepest thanks and gratitude to my entire legal team for their unwavering resolve to see justice prevail, to throw light on manufactured obscurity and to reveal the truth.
Finally, I am aware of the current health crisis. I am praying for all those affected and our medical frontline personnel.
Cardinal George Pell
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cardinal-george-pells-abuse-convictions-overturned-by-australias-high-court-66750
ReplyDeleteThank you for the information, Father. I will publish this on a separate post.
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