15 June 2013. Midwest Calming Down After Booting Out Moriak

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Got this from one of the Cabinet:

It’s sure been quiet in the OCA Midwest. I can’t tell you how welcome that is. I don’t know what’s going on, but the diocesan website hasn’t had an update since the end of Lent. From all accounts, Golitzin’s taking care of some things neglected during the Moriak mess. The OCA parishes I know are in the midst of the usual summer rounds of weddings, outdoor work days, and parish picnic planning. No drama, unless it’s from a bride when something goes wrong. Some things don’t change and I’m very grateful for that.

That’s GOOD NEWS, kids… it means that Golitzin is doing things the Old School Metropolia way, the way they’ve always done things in those parts. He’s not ordering people about or issuing bombastic ukases… no! He’s takin’ care of business the old-fashioned way… something that’s good to see. The OCA took a wrong turn under Schmemann and Meyendorff… now, it’s time to go back to the old true path and go home. This could be an earnest of that. Good on Alexander Golitzin.

If there’s good news, I’ll report it, and gladly. I’ll NOT cheerlead, but I’ll report the good as well as the bad. In short, I’ll never kiss ass, but I’ll be there to give out an attaboy, if it’s deserved. It’s deserved in this case. As I said, good on Bishop Alexander. May all the others get the hint…

BMD

15 June 2013. What the Storheim Trial is Doing to Us…

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One of the Cabinet said:

That Storheim trial is just sickening… creepy… I wonder who knew what and when? Why can’t JP just go away? Far, far, away…

That’s why the GOAA was wise in making the perv priest in the Midwest cop a plea. It’s over… it’s done… it’s doing no more damage to the credibility of the GOAA. What the OCA needed was for Storheim to cop a plea at the outset. A Canadian friend told me that SOP in such cases is that there’s no prison time… but there’s a guilty plea on record to a lesser offence, making it impossible for a former employer to use them in a position of public trust. Actually, it’s the best for all concerned. There’s no long public legal wrangle… besides being inordinately expensive, such affairs always lead to all sorts of sordid detail leaking out. The OCA’s cred is tarnished… no matter what outcome there is of the actual trial.

Here’s the problem. So far, Syosset has dodged all bullets, either through “confidential settlements” (“We admit no wrongdoing”) or through circumstantial luck (convincing a judge that priests aren’t agents of the OCA (even though all parishes must collect and forward funds to the Syosset mafia and its apparat) or a plaintiff dropping dead). To put it bluntly, the OCA’s cred was marginal to begin with… the details emerging of Storheim’s proclivities are now moving faster than the speed of light. Even if the OCA wins on a technicality (its only slim hope), the testimony is “out there”, and there’s no confidential settlement to cover them.

Tikhon Mollard had the responsibility to force Storheim to walk the plank for the good of the Church. Had he done so, there would’ve been a hell-of-a-smell for a little while; some would’ve vilified Mollard as a bully, some would’ve accused him of blackening Storheim’s name. Nevertheless, none of the testimony that came forth in the trial would’ve seen the light of day. That particular Pandora’s Box would’ve been shut. Tikhon Mollard has inherited the worst of all possible worlds by allowing Storheim’s trial to go public. Firstly, much money has been wasted on lawyers. The OCA is flat-busted to begin with, and Storheim’s legal bills don’t help that situation. Secondly, even if Storheim “wins”, Mollard “loses”, for it appears that Mollard didn’t have the grit to force an inconvenient subordinate to “man up”. Thirdly, the fact that two OCA priests were willing to testify in open court against Storheim shows that the rank n’ file clergy are, at least, not willing followers of Syosset (and Mollard hasn’t reined in Lyonyo, Tosi, Jillions, or Hatfield). In short, Mollard’s facing a gigantic shit sandwich, and he’s gonna have to eat it all in the presence of all comers.

One of the priests that I talked to at St T’s was very clear. He felt that Mollard was going to mess up badly in re Storheim… but that was the best outcome that was on offer. No one expects Mollard to do anything inspiring or visionary. However, he’s not a Peterson, who has a “past”, nor is he a Dahulich, who’s probably the most quasi-papist of all the bishops (he did get his PhD from a papist school, after all). As several clergy have made it very clear to me, since Mel Pleska’s too ill for the white hat, it was Mollard, or it was the two previously-named gents. No one has high expectations of him… which is good, since all that Mollard has to do is not fuck up too egregiously.

However, he had a chance to have kept the genie in the bottle, and he didn’t. Yet, one clerical source told me that Mollard’s passivity was one of the things that convinced many to vote for him. “You see, he won’t go off on wild goose chases or crusades”. There’ll be all too much damage from the present legal imbroglio in Canada, but, at least, Mollard won’t follow it with a moralistic crusade or chase political chimeras. He’ll smile at the babas and spout inoffensive pap at the proper time… and that’s all that’s available. All other options are WORSE… do reflect on that…

God do help us…

Barbara-Marie Drezhlo

Saturday 15 June 2013

Albany NY    

14 June 2013. Good Sense From the Cabinet

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One of the Cabinet wrote me:

Where does one find one of Jacobses’ “progressively-captive” churches? I might want to attend Divine Liturgy there!

Indeed! Raise a glass and cheer! There’s still a good deal of Old-School feisty grit left in the Church. I do daresay that Jacobses forgot (or never learned) that St Aleksei Toth BLESSED the Wobblies! I’m handing out the AKs, machetes, RPGs, and axe handles out back. Git here before they’re all gone!

BMD

Priest Walked Around House Naked, Trial Hears

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A man who alleges he was sexually abused by an Orthodox priest almost 30 years ago said the man would regularly walk around his house naked and usually spent breakfast time lying on the floor holding his genitals. The man, who can’t be named because of a publication ban, told the trial of Seraphim Storheim he was shocked to see the priest naked. The man, who was 11-years-old at the time, testified today, “Seeing a naked man (for the first time) was quite disturbing”. Storheim is charged with two counts of sexual assault involving two brothers during the summer of 1985. He pleaded not guilty to the charges when the trial began Monday morning. Today, Storheim is an OCA archbishop, which has historical ties to the Russian Orthodox Church. He was the most senior cleric of his church in Canada when the charges were laid in the fall of 2011, holding the title of Archbishop of Ottawa and all Canada, but was subsequently suspended from that post pending the outcome of the criminal charges and an internal church investigation.

The man said he and his brother… who testified Monday… separately visited with Storheim in the summer of 1985 and stayed at his home. The man said he was surprised when Storheim came into his bedroom at night and wanted to inspect his pyjamas for semen stains and also examined his genital area for pubic hair. The man said Storheim told him he was conducting sexual-education sessions for the young boy, who was being raised by a single mother. The man said, “At this point, I didn’t know what was wrong or what was right”. The man said that he never told his mother about the incidents and tried to block them out of his mind. However, he said that he confided to his mother what happened when his brother hysterically called home on a daily basis during his visit to Storheim, suspecting his brother was being subjected to the same sexual abuse. The man said that he never again talked about the incident and never discussed it with anyone until almost 20 years later. The sight of another priest in 2004 who bore a striking resemblance to Storheim prompted him to see a counsellor and to write about what happened to him. He said that another OCA priest contacted him in 2009 to apologise for not taking his concerns seriously when he was a child. The man credited that priest with encouraging him to contact police. The man said, “If it wasn’t for (the second priest), we wouldn’t be here today”. When questioned by defence counsel Jeff Gindin, the man conceded his recollection of many of the events from 28 years ago is hazy, but he insisted he was clear on what Storheim did to him in 1985. The second priest is expected to testify Wednesday morning.

11 June 2013

Aldo Santin

Winnipeg Free Press

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Priest-walked-around-house-naked-trial-hears-211122601.html

 

14 June 2013. Hans Jacobses Kisses Acton Institute’s Arse in Lickspittle Post

The Church has NO problems with the Left… neither should we. Oppose such rightwing filth as the Acton Institute and the Orthodox toads who support them. They want to bring Satan‘s money-worshipping lies into the Temple… don’t argue with them… just fight them with all your God-given talents. After all, there IS a Judgement…

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Read this. The only reply to such mind-numbing rot is, “Kiss my arse, Hans Jacobses”. Hans Jacobses is an overeducated konvertsy cretin… he’s one of the more egregious members of the ignorant convert brigade. Look at the title he chose… “The Progressive Captivity of Orthodox Churches in America”. He’s upset that most Orthodox oppose the greedster agenda of grasping and soulless rightwing buzzards such as the Acton Institute. I’d remind Mr Jacobses that HH OPPOSES the so-called “Free Market” and calls it a fraud. So does Pope Francisco, for that matter. Indeed, all major Orthodox First Hierarchs CONDEMN the rapacity of the godless greedster libertarian nonsense that Mr Jacobses (and the konvertsy in general) eat up by the gross (you see, the Republican Party says, “Greed is good” and “The race goes to the swiftest”… and their subservient dogs such as Jacobses, Potapov, and Paffhausen slobber on command when that bell is rung… after all, “The richer someone is, the better they are”. That’s the bedrock credo of American suburbia).

This post shows the vapid vacuity and bovine ignorance that lies behind konvertsy bluster. A more true post would have the title, “The Rightwing Captivity of Orthodox Converts in America”. As I said at the head of this post, “Kiss my arse, Hans Jacobses”. You can stand with HH or you can stand with Hans Jacobses. I’ll bet you any amount that Jacobses voted for the godless sectarian Romney (anyone who can equate an anti-Christian sect such as Mormonism with Christianity has rocks in their head)… that shows you the depth of his “Orthodoxy”. There are no other alternatives. Don’t argue with such self-centred cretinish ignorance… oppose it, with all your powers. God wills it…

BMD

13 June 2013. Is JP Starting a “New” Monastery? … REAL Orthodox “Race Relations”… And More…

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One of the Cabinet whispered:

Scuttlebutt has it that JP’s going to start a new monastery. I did hear that Patriarch Kirill told ROCOR NOT to take JP.

Remember how Potapov and Paffhausen were yelping that the Centre was going to take in JP, just you wait n’ see? Well, HH gave that one an old-school NYET. NO WAY… NO HOW. If JP’s starting a “new monastery”, where’s the money coming from? The OCA doesn’t have it… Valerie Ringa sez so. ROCOR is as flat-busted broke as the OCA is… Jordanville has fallen to rack and ruin. The Centre ain’t ponying up any cash for the OCA. In fact, Mollard’s trying to get clergy to go with him on his pending ad limina trip to Moscow (all OCA Metropolitans have to go to the Centre to get its nod… the OCA is autocephalous in name only, as everyone knows), but he doesn’t have the gelt to pay their fare and HH isn’t forwarding any either. Ergo, a “new monastery?” Well… he’ll have to pull several rabbits out of the ol’ tired hat… and I don’t think it possible. I’ll lay money that he’s gong back to Manton… where he’ll be a royal pain-in-the-arse to all concerned. We haven’t seen or heard the last of him… he’s got some nastiness to pull before he goes…

Another person wrote:

Our La-Di-Dah “Orthodoxy is so lucky to have me” converts obnoxiously presume Russians need lessons in race relations. I’ve never seen people more free of racial bias than “real” Russians and Ukrainians… especially, those from the “other side”. That’s a fact.

You want proof? How ‘bout Aleksandr Pushkin? How ‘bout his gran’pa Ivan Gannibal? Of course, I just posted about James Lloydovich Patterson… it’s clear that the Rodina wants him back. Don’t listen to rightwing pukes… Russia has always been a land of many peoples, creeds, and races. We’re a mixed lot… Eurasians, indeed! The konvertsy have nothing to teach us… NOTHING. If we follow what’s best in our Russian heritage, trust me, we don’t need “education” from condescending former-Anglican worthies.

Here’s something about one of the OCA crowd:

Michael J Pasonick Jr, a Wilkes-Barre engineer tied to several public corruption cases, has been fined by the Department of State. Pasonick was one of 156 licensed or commissioned professionals and organisations that the Department of State took disciplinary action against during May, Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele announced Tuesday. Pasonick was ordered to pay a 1,000 USD (31,960 Roubles. 750 Euros. 640 UK Pounds) civil penalty and to attend and complete at least five hours of remedial education on ethics. He also had a public reprimand placed on his permanent disciplinary record with the board and had his licenses suspended because he was convicted of a criminal offence. He previously pleaded guilty to paying a school board member in Luzerne County between 1,000 and 5,000 USD (31,960 to 159,800 Roubles. 750 to 3,750 Euros. 640 to 3,200 UK Pounds) to win the board member’s support for his efforts to secure school district contracts. During court testimony, Pasonick also said he paid 2,000 USD (63,920 Roubles. 1,500 Euros. 1,280 UK Pounds) to former Lackawanna County Commissioner Robert Cordaro to keep engineering contracts with a sewer authority in the county.

http://m.citizensvoice.com/news/state-fines-pasonick-for-role-in-corruption-cases-1.1503796

Pasonick was tight with Herman and Mollard. He’s trying to get reinstated as a deacon, but one of my contacts at St T’s told me in the car park that that’s going nowhere FAST. Pasonick was one of Bobby’s confrères… and that’s the kiss of death, now.

In short, the usual stew pot is bubblin’ away. God do help us… our “leadership” certainly isn’t…

BMD