Pro-Life Actress Patricia Heaton Takes Journalist to the Woodshed Over Pope Scandal, Says Her 'Allegiance is Only to Christ'
Actress Patricia Heaton, of “Everybody Loves Raymond” fame, and who also happens to be a rather outspoken Christian conservative in the midst of the cesspool of Hollywood, recently responded to a tweet from Austen Ivereigh, a journalist and founder of Catholic Voices.
Or @Pontifex could just release all the records himself and save everyone a lot of unnecessary time and trouble, right? Stop trying to paint obfuscation and coverup as some kind of heroic act. https://t.co/0aBwd5geTb
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) September 1, 2018
Here’s how Ivereigh responded:
I think you may be confusing the pope with the CEO of a corporation who has justify himself to shareholders. The Holy See is a sovereign state; it doesn’t “release records”. Nor does the pope respond to lobbies or pressure groups. Keeping some things private is not “covering up”.
— 🇺🇦 Austen Ivereigh 🇺🇦 (@austeni) September 1, 2018
Heaton unleashed with the following:
Your arrogance is quite bold. The laity is the church. They have sacrificed finances to give their children a catholic education, have tithed, followed church tradition, looked for guidance. To have any moral authority, @Pontifex must release any reports of abuse. Period. https://t.co/6yjcSIO8es
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) September 1, 2018
I don’t care if every previous Pope is exposed. My allegiance is not to any man or institution, but only to Christ crucified and risen, who warned that it would be better to drown with a millstone around your neck than to cause his little ones to stumble.
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) September 1, 2018
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this:
to care for orphans and widows in their affliction
and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” James 1:18— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) September 2, 2018
This whole exchange is in regard to the recent scandals engulfing the Pope and the Catholic Church about the cover up of sexual abuses that have occurred against children, a crime that is egregious and disgusting for which all of those responsible need to answer to the law.
Children are our most precious gift and treasure, next to Christ Himself and our salvation, and for us to abuse them in such horrific, horrible ways, is a disgrace on us as image bearers. It’s especially gross that those who claim to be Christians would engage in such a horrific act against the most innocent citizens among us.
Let us hope that the truth concerning this situation is finally revealed and all those involved are brought to swift justice, allowing the victims to have closure.
Source: Daily Wire
