AmChurch and Stockholm Syndrome

For those who are familiar with St Joan of Arc Parish (SJA) in Minneapolis, Mark Shea's recent article will not come as a surprise. What is most surprising is that parishes like these are summarily shuttered and closed with the heterodox or heretical priests exiled to a secluded monastery for 'reflection'. Some may notice a number of striking similarities between SJA and various local parishes which purport to be Catholic. The damage caused by the people who run these parishes is damnable. They continue to pass on that which destroys the souls of those infected.

Mark sums up quite succinctly when he says:

But when the day comes when the parishioners are betrayed by somebody like Shanley who holds the Tradition in as much contempt as they do, they have nothing to fall back on but the clubby, suburban, back-slapping twaddle that passes for Catholic Faith in parishes like St. Joan's. And so, in a weird manifestation of Stockholm Syndrome, the victims go on parroting what they were taught by their betrayers ("Celebrate homosexuality! The Da Vinci Code is Scripture! Welcome the Goddess!") and never even know that the people who betrayed them also robbed them and sold their Catholic birthright for a pot of message. Indeed, any suggestion that the Tradition might in fact liberate the Church from the lies of those, like Shanley, who despise the Tradition is greeted with hoots by the betrayed. After all, they have Outgrown All That. Thus do the hostages make war on Jesus, their rescuer.

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