Pride and Arrogance Renders Priest "Unfit" for Priesthood

PETERBOROUGH -- An Eastern Ontario Catholic priest has been stripped of his duties for suggesting women could someday become priests. Rev. Edward Cachia "can no longer be relied upon to celebrate the Eucharist within the Church as Christ intended," states a letter from Peterborough Diocese Bishop Nicola De Angelis.

Cachia served at St. Michael's parish in Cobourg. Following an unofficial ordination of nine women on a tour boat on the St. Lawrence River near Kingston in July, Cachia told the Cobourg Daily Star that he hoped the ceremony was "the beginning of a new and awesome change in the life of the church."

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In a press release yesterday from the chancery office of Peterborough Bishop Nicola De Angelis, the diocese states that it "regrets (Fr. Cachia's) decision to refuse to accept the universal and constant teaching of the Catholic Church in relation to holy orders being reserved to men alone." It continues, "Though having freely professed adherence to all the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and to the Roman Pontiff on the day of his ordination, Fr. Cachia now feels unable to live out this commitment."

Fr. Cachia was given over two months to reconsider his position but "sadly", says the release, "has chosen to remain attached to positions contrary to the teachings of the church."

The release explains that the Catholic Church, "like any other organization possesses rules and expectations that are necessary for membership," and that priests freely take on the responsibility of "teaching the entire deposit of the Catholic faith in the name of the Church and not his own feelings or points of view."

His refusal, "now renders him unfit to serve the Catholic people in the leadership role of priest," says the release.

There are some priests around here who still maintain that women will someday be "priestesses" in the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, most of these men have brains infected with all sorts "diseases" and about the only thing we can do is to pray for them.

Many of them cannot follow or understand simple reasoning or logic. Many really don't care what the Church teaches and, by and large, these same men ignore the Holy Father and act as though he doesn't even exist. Further, they continue to poison other Catholics with whom they come into contact.

These men and others like them who continue to poison the faithful seem to me to be the Church's version of the infamous "Typhoid Mary". The bishop in this case, should be applauded for taking the proper action to protect the faith and the faithful from those who, in essence, promote ideas contrary to what the Church teaches.

Perhaps other bishops will do likewise and begin removing those who are no longer "fit" to be priests because of a refusal to assent to Church teaching or because of openly denying Church teaching and promoting error. The souls of the faithful are seriously jeopardized by people such as these. They are the wolves in sheeps' clothing about which our Lord warned us.