Tag Archives: Roy Bourgeois

Mr. Roy Bourgeois gets his letter

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I detect in myself a touch of schadenfreude as I read of this new at the site of the Fishwrap, whose editors have pressed poor Roy to their collective bosom for so very long.
Bourgeois receives official Vatican letter dismissing him from … Continue reading →

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I have a dream …. Find a home for Roy!

Posted on 21 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In another post, I wrote about Sr. Maureen Fiedler’s Fishwrap column about Mr. Roy Bourgeois and the grave injustices done to him by the Vatican’s male oppressors and their Maryknoll minions.
I was so moved by her piece, so disturbed by … Continue reading →

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“There’s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall…” Farewell, Roy Bourgeois!

Posted on 19 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From The Sound of Music:
There’s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say, “Cuckoo”
Regretfully they tell us but firmly they … Continue reading →

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How it all goes wrong. So very wrong. So sad.

Posted on 8 April 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

What happens when you go wrong:
From the pen of Roy Bourgeois, M.M.
Rev. Edward Dougherty, M.M., Superior General
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
P.O. Box 303 Maryknoll, NY 10545
April 8, 2011
Dear Father Dougherty and General Council,
Maryknoll has been my community, my family, for 44 … Continue reading →

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