Lies And More Lies From Catholic Relief Services
Revelations made in 2008 continue to bubble up as the Trump administration examines CRS role in harboring illegal aliens.
As the USCCB prepares to pass the basket for Catholic Relief Services this weekend, Catholics have a right to know what they’re being asked to support: nearly two decades of deception, cover-ups, and blatant contradictions of Church teaching by an agency trading on the Church’s name while undermining Her mission. In this first of a series of reports, we will focus on the first very public case of CRS being caught promoting condoms. While this took place in 2008, it is a relatively unknown and key piece of evidence in a consistent pattern of deception on the part of CRS as it hides the truth of its active role in the promotion of condoms and abortifacient contraception. Furthermore, this article is the first complete analysis of what really happened when Dr. Germain Grisez sounded the alarm on a CRS owned, produced and distributed flipchart. The evidence will show that CRS and its handlers misrepresented the facts, twisted the evidence brought against them, and even gave completely false testimony about who owned the material in question.
Subsequent articles in this series will not only reveal that the same tactics used by CRS in 2008 to cover-up its illicit and immoral activities are a standard practice, but that with each new revelation of what CRS is REALLY doing, its excuses and manipulations of the truth become increasingly more outlandish and intellectually insulting.
In 2008, the noted theologian Germain Grisez wrote a blistering revelation regarding a flipchart, created and distributed by CRS, which openly promoted the use of condoms. Prior to the publication of his article, Grisez wrote to Archbishop Timothy Dolan (then archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and chairman of Catholic Relief Services), alerting him to the pending article and explaining some of the relevant aspects of it. You can read that letter here.
In response, Abp. Dolan thanked Dr. Grisez for the information, promised to have the materials reviewed by the USCCB Committee on Doctrine, and the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, asking Grisez to delay publication of his article until such review is completed. You can read that letter, here.
Dr. Grisez responded to Abp. Dolan by email, indicating that the article had already gone to print, and though he does laud him for taking some action, he expressed concern to the archbishop that he didn’t think it would be enough. Grisez then reiterated his concern that CRS was distributing materials that “its officials judge must not bear CRS’ name or logo [while simultaneously judging that it] does not violate Church teaching.” You can read that email, here.
