Ah...
The beautiful Island Province of Biliran...
Home to wonderful natural scenery and peaceful, nature-living...
But...
WHAT'S THIS?
THE "LORD BISHOP" OF NAVAL!?
"ENJOYING" THE TROPICAL BOYS OF THIS ISLAND GET AWAY?
HERE'S THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE LETTER GIVEN TO THE VATICAN...
BUT SADLY, THE CASE WAS SHOVE BACK TO THE SHELVES AND THE "GOOD" FILOMENO GONZALEZ BACTOL STILL ENJOYS THE "GODLY COMPANY" OF HIS BOYS ; )
SOCIETY OF THE MISSIONARY
BROTHERS OF PERPETUAL HELP
USA - MBPH PO BOX 811 Ogden, KS 66517-0811
PHONE (785) 537- 8016
May 20, 2007
Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Prefect
Apostolic Signatura
Palazzo della Cancelleria, 00186 Roma, Italy
Dear Cardinal Prefect,
Greetings in the Lord.
I am forwarding my sworn statement that was sent to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on June 13, 2006 concerning the Diocese of Naval and it’s Bishop, Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, D.D.
We have received no acknowledgment from this statement and our follow up letters to the Cardinal Prefect William Joseph Levada have not been acknowledged.
In this sworn statement that was signed in the presences of Most Rev. Paul Coakley, Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA and witnessed by Rickey Vice, MBPH, and the Mayor of Ogden, Kansas, Wayne Henson, to express the serious nature of this statement.
This sworn statement was signed in view of THE CRIME OF FALSEHOOD (Cann. 1390 - 1391.
We believe that these charges against the Bishop Bactol and the Diocese of Naval are of serious matter:
Allowing violations of the moral law of the Catholic Church (Canon 1389). This includes violations of celibacy (Canons 1394, 1395).
Can. 1387 A priest who in the act, on the occasion, or under the pretext of confession solicits a penitent to sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue is to be punished, according to the gravity of the delict, by suspension, prohibitions, and privations; in graver cases he is to be dismissed from the clerical state
Can. 1385 A person who illegitimately makes a profit from a Mass offering is to be punished with a censure or another just penalty.
Can. 1389 §1. A person who abuses an ecclesiastical power or function is to be punished according to the gravity of the act or omission, not excluding privation of office, unless a law or precept has already established the penalty for this abuse.
§2. A person who through culpable negligence illegitimately places or omits an act of ecclesiastical power, ministry, or function with harm to another is to be punished with a just penalty.
We believe that if the Roman Catholic Church refuses to investigate these and other charges, the Church is approving of such behavior and endorsing it. Therefore losing moral authority.
We pray that your office will bring about justice for our Community and most of all justice for the people of the Diocese of Naval.
I remain,
Sincerely yours in Christ, and
Our Mother of Perpetual Help;
Stephen M. Greinke, MBPH
BROTHERS OF PERPETUAL HELP
USA - MBPH PO BOX 811 Ogden, KS 66517-0811
PHONE (785) 537- 8016
May 20, 2007
Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Prefect
Apostolic Signatura
Palazzo della Cancelleria, 00186 Roma, Italy
Dear Cardinal Prefect,
Greetings in the Lord.
I am forwarding my sworn statement that was sent to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on June 13, 2006 concerning the Diocese of Naval and it’s Bishop, Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, D.D.
We have received no acknowledgment from this statement and our follow up letters to the Cardinal Prefect William Joseph Levada have not been acknowledged.
In this sworn statement that was signed in the presences of Most Rev. Paul Coakley, Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA and witnessed by Rickey Vice, MBPH, and the Mayor of Ogden, Kansas, Wayne Henson, to express the serious nature of this statement.
This sworn statement was signed in view of THE CRIME OF FALSEHOOD (Cann. 1390 - 1391.
We believe that these charges against the Bishop Bactol and the Diocese of Naval are of serious matter:
Allowing violations of the moral law of the Catholic Church (Canon 1389). This includes violations of celibacy (Canons 1394, 1395).
Can. 1387 A priest who in the act, on the occasion, or under the pretext of confession solicits a penitent to sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue is to be punished, according to the gravity of the delict, by suspension, prohibitions, and privations; in graver cases he is to be dismissed from the clerical state
Can. 1385 A person who illegitimately makes a profit from a Mass offering is to be punished with a censure or another just penalty.
Can. 1389 §1. A person who abuses an ecclesiastical power or function is to be punished according to the gravity of the act or omission, not excluding privation of office, unless a law or precept has already established the penalty for this abuse.
§2. A person who through culpable negligence illegitimately places or omits an act of ecclesiastical power, ministry, or function with harm to another is to be punished with a just penalty.
We believe that if the Roman Catholic Church refuses to investigate these and other charges, the Church is approving of such behavior and endorsing it. Therefore losing moral authority.
We pray that your office will bring about justice for our Community and most of all justice for the people of the Diocese of Naval.
I remain,
Sincerely yours in Christ, and
Our Mother of Perpetual Help;
Stephen M. Greinke, MBPH
SOURCE: http://mbphbrothers.blogspot.com
HERE IS THE CONTENTS OF THAT CHILLING SWORN STATEMENT THAT IS JUST SHOVED ASIDE BY THE COLONIAL ALMIGHTY GOD OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF THE VATICAN:
MARY MOTHER OF GOD (THEOTOKOS)
Society of the Missionary Brothers of Perpetual Help
Hermitage
318 12th Street
P.O. Box 811
Ogden, KS 66517-0811 USA
Phone (785) 537-8016
MBPHBrothers@yahoo.com
I, Stephen M. Greinke, being of legal age, a member of the Roman Catholic Church, swear and declare before Almighty God the following facts and statements, under penalty of Law, Civil Law, and Canon Law (Canons 1390 - 1391) of the Roman Catholic Church.
I have served as President / Superior of a Private Association of the Christian Faithful called the Society of the Missionary Brothers of Perpetual Help from 1990 to the present. Founded in the State of Washington 1989 and accepted into the Diocese of Naval, in September 8, 1990 when invited by Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, D.D. Bishop of Naval to come to his newly created Diocese as an Apostolic Union.
The Missionary Brothers received little or no spiritual and financial help from Bishop Bactol and the Diocese of Naval during our 13 years of belonging to the Diocese of Naval.
I was told by the Vicar General of the Diocese of Naval, that the only reason I was asked to come to the Diocese of Naval was to be A SEXUAL PLAY THING for the Bishop of Naval. I was also told by several priests of the Diocese, that the priest advisors where not consulted on my being invited to be a vital part of the Diocese as decided by the Bishop.
From the very beginning I witnessed Bishop Bactol sleeping with young under age boys under the age of 16, in his bedroom at night. I knew it a bad idea for the Bishop to leave himself open to scandalous gossip among the townspeople. I had frequently told him this when I served as his secretary for 6 months. His response was always “ I need the boys around me at night”.
Priests in the Diocese would make jokes about the Bishop’s homosexual conduct and said these where their aces, if they would get in trouble with the Bishop.
I openly heard a parent talking about having his two young boys having had sex with Bishop Bactol and was happy that the Bishop was paying for their education as there reward for having sex with him.
After 6 months of living at the Bishop’s Palace I wanted to move out and begin the Brother Community that the Bishop had offered and approved..
In the beginning, of the MBPH Monastery I reported to the Bishop that I witnessed some of the Brother Candidates masturbating each other. I reported this directly to the Bishop and he said that was part of the Filipino culture and that “you Americans don’t understand our Filipino culture“.
Another time I was informed that the some of our candidates were receiving money from a priest of the Diocese of Naval. They said they where being paid by the priest to have sex with him. This same priest served as our first confessor to our community. (Violation of Canon 1387) I went to Bishop Bactol and informed him that it was not right for the priest to hear the confessions of his victims of sexual abuse. The Bishop did not do anything about it. I finally objected to this priest hearing confessions at the Monastery. With the Bishop knowledge and approval, this same priest continued to hear confessions at our Monastery.
It was common knowledge that the senior priest of the Diocese was fathered children by women in the area. When I brought it to the Bishop’s attention, the Bishop stated he had heard there were three children now, I informed him there was four. And the Bishop laughed. This same priest continued public ministry until the day he died.
Immorality was very evident among the priests of the Diocese. Many times our Brother Candidates were witnesses to women sleeping in the same convents (rectories) that our Brother Candidates were staying. Even to the point of a Brgy. Government spying on and bringing to the Bishop’s attention these sexual relations. One of our Brothers had to take over the Church (by request of the Bishop) until a priest could be found to replace the priest who was caught in adultery. Later on this same Brother (in formation) was having sexual relations with a married woman and her child - This Brother had learned this was the way of life in the Diocese of Naval. The people in Naval said if priests can have babies, why can’t Brothers?
Our Chaplain was upset with this Brother about what this Brother was saying about him in public. This priest, in the presence of a Brother Associate, wanted me to pay P5,000 pesos to have this Brother murdered. He was not joking. He told me that he had someone in mind who would do the job. I met to discuss this before our Monastery Community Council. They recommended that I go to the Bishop and report it. I did this and the Bishop was not alarmed, the took no action. I asked if we could have another Chaplain, due to the serious nature of this. The Bishop said “no“.
In May of 1997 our MBPH Community place $2.000 in the Diocese of Naval Social Action account with the chancery. This was the Misso Money for building our church (grant money). Our Chaplin told us that we would get it back in September of that year. When that time had passed the money was gone. I went to the Bishop, the Bishop told me that that money was gambled away. The Bishop told me to raise Mass Stipends from the USA to pay off the debt that was owed by the Diocese. The priests would say the masses, and we keep the money. I could not accept using mass money in this improper way.
Sometimes the priests would use 10 mass stipends at one mass and then keep the money.
Getting Mass stipends was a big business with the priests of the Diocese. Sometimes it was told to the people that without an stipend - no mass!
I bring these and other charges against Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, for the purpose that this Bishop has shown little spiritual leadership to the people of the Diocese, that he is a poor role model for priests and religious of the Diocese of Naval. That this Bishop with his immoral lifestyle is a public scandal to the Church. That said, the Bishop needs to be replaced for the good of the Church.
I again call for removal of Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, DD, and that the Holy See appoint a worthy Bishop for the people of the Diocese of Naval and a worthy role model for the priests of the Diocese. I believe that Bishop Bactol has abused his authority as Bishop through negligence. Allowing violations of the moral law of the Catholic Church (Canon 1389). This includes violations of celibacy (Canons 1394, 1395).
I swear and declare the these above facts are true, before Almighty God, under penalty of law.
on this date: June 13, 2006
Stephen M. Greinke, MBPH
Society of the Missionary Brothers of Perpetual Help
Hermitage
318 12th Street
P.O. Box 811
Ogden, KS 66517-0811 USA
Phone (785) 537-8016
MBPHBrothers@yahoo.com
I, Stephen M. Greinke, being of legal age, a member of the Roman Catholic Church, swear and declare before Almighty God the following facts and statements, under penalty of Law, Civil Law, and Canon Law (Canons 1390 - 1391) of the Roman Catholic Church.
I have served as President / Superior of a Private Association of the Christian Faithful called the Society of the Missionary Brothers of Perpetual Help from 1990 to the present. Founded in the State of Washington 1989 and accepted into the Diocese of Naval, in September 8, 1990 when invited by Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, D.D. Bishop of Naval to come to his newly created Diocese as an Apostolic Union.
The Missionary Brothers received little or no spiritual and financial help from Bishop Bactol and the Diocese of Naval during our 13 years of belonging to the Diocese of Naval.
I was told by the Vicar General of the Diocese of Naval, that the only reason I was asked to come to the Diocese of Naval was to be A SEXUAL PLAY THING for the Bishop of Naval. I was also told by several priests of the Diocese, that the priest advisors where not consulted on my being invited to be a vital part of the Diocese as decided by the Bishop.
From the very beginning I witnessed Bishop Bactol sleeping with young under age boys under the age of 16, in his bedroom at night. I knew it a bad idea for the Bishop to leave himself open to scandalous gossip among the townspeople. I had frequently told him this when I served as his secretary for 6 months. His response was always “ I need the boys around me at night”.
Priests in the Diocese would make jokes about the Bishop’s homosexual conduct and said these where their aces, if they would get in trouble with the Bishop.
I openly heard a parent talking about having his two young boys having had sex with Bishop Bactol and was happy that the Bishop was paying for their education as there reward for having sex with him.
After 6 months of living at the Bishop’s Palace I wanted to move out and begin the Brother Community that the Bishop had offered and approved..
In the beginning, of the MBPH Monastery I reported to the Bishop that I witnessed some of the Brother Candidates masturbating each other. I reported this directly to the Bishop and he said that was part of the Filipino culture and that “you Americans don’t understand our Filipino culture“.
Another time I was informed that the some of our candidates were receiving money from a priest of the Diocese of Naval. They said they where being paid by the priest to have sex with him. This same priest served as our first confessor to our community. (Violation of Canon 1387) I went to Bishop Bactol and informed him that it was not right for the priest to hear the confessions of his victims of sexual abuse. The Bishop did not do anything about it. I finally objected to this priest hearing confessions at the Monastery. With the Bishop knowledge and approval, this same priest continued to hear confessions at our Monastery.
It was common knowledge that the senior priest of the Diocese was fathered children by women in the area. When I brought it to the Bishop’s attention, the Bishop stated he had heard there were three children now, I informed him there was four. And the Bishop laughed. This same priest continued public ministry until the day he died.
Immorality was very evident among the priests of the Diocese. Many times our Brother Candidates were witnesses to women sleeping in the same convents (rectories) that our Brother Candidates were staying. Even to the point of a Brgy. Government spying on and bringing to the Bishop’s attention these sexual relations. One of our Brothers had to take over the Church (by request of the Bishop) until a priest could be found to replace the priest who was caught in adultery. Later on this same Brother (in formation) was having sexual relations with a married woman and her child - This Brother had learned this was the way of life in the Diocese of Naval. The people in Naval said if priests can have babies, why can’t Brothers?
Our Chaplain was upset with this Brother about what this Brother was saying about him in public. This priest, in the presence of a Brother Associate, wanted me to pay P5,000 pesos to have this Brother murdered. He was not joking. He told me that he had someone in mind who would do the job. I met to discuss this before our Monastery Community Council. They recommended that I go to the Bishop and report it. I did this and the Bishop was not alarmed, the took no action. I asked if we could have another Chaplain, due to the serious nature of this. The Bishop said “no“.
In May of 1997 our MBPH Community place $2.000 in the Diocese of Naval Social Action account with the chancery. This was the Misso Money for building our church (grant money). Our Chaplin told us that we would get it back in September of that year. When that time had passed the money was gone. I went to the Bishop, the Bishop told me that that money was gambled away. The Bishop told me to raise Mass Stipends from the USA to pay off the debt that was owed by the Diocese. The priests would say the masses, and we keep the money. I could not accept using mass money in this improper way.
Sometimes the priests would use 10 mass stipends at one mass and then keep the money.
Getting Mass stipends was a big business with the priests of the Diocese. Sometimes it was told to the people that without an stipend - no mass!
I bring these and other charges against Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, for the purpose that this Bishop has shown little spiritual leadership to the people of the Diocese, that he is a poor role model for priests and religious of the Diocese of Naval. That this Bishop with his immoral lifestyle is a public scandal to the Church. That said, the Bishop needs to be replaced for the good of the Church.
I again call for removal of Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, DD, and that the Holy See appoint a worthy Bishop for the people of the Diocese of Naval and a worthy role model for the priests of the Diocese. I believe that Bishop Bactol has abused his authority as Bishop through negligence. Allowing violations of the moral law of the Catholic Church (Canon 1389). This includes violations of celibacy (Canons 1394, 1395).
I swear and declare the these above facts are true, before Almighty God, under penalty of law.
on this date: June 13, 2006
Stephen M. Greinke, MBPH
_________________________________________________________________________
Here is the letter of "GRATITUDE" from the LORD CARDINAL ROSALES for this courageous act of this man who is suppose to be one of their own:
AND SADLY THAT WAS IT... A MERE "THANK YOU!"
IT IS BUT A MATTER OF TIME THAT THIS ISSUE WILL BE FORGOTTEN AND WOULD JUST DISAPPEAR INTO OBLIVION!
Sadly... as of press time... ALL OF THESE HARD CORE FACTS WAS SHOVED ASIDE TO THE CONFIDENTIAL FILES, TO THE HALLS OF SILENCE...
And all that this COURAGEOUS AND SINCERE MAN, WHO IS, I WILL REITERATE, ONE OF THEIR OWN, can receive from the MEN OF GOD AS THEIR "DEBT OF GRATITUDE" is to brand him as mere a "gossiper"...
THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL REPLY OF THE LORD BISHOP OF NAVAL, HIS SO-CALLED "STATEMENT OF TRUTH":
Statement of Truth
Regarding the person of Stephen Greinke and his Malicious Accusations against the Bishop of Naval.
We, the Clergy, Religious, and Faithful of the Diocese of Naval, would like to express our strongest condemnation of the lies peddled by Stephen Greinke against the Bishop of Naval, the Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, D.D. last January 2. 2008, Stephen Greinke, in a nationally televised network, accused the bishop of sexually molesting young boys. We are aghast at this accusation because the Bishop is a person of integrity, whose ministry of 40 years (15 years in the seminary as formator 7 years as Pastor, and 18 years as Bishop of Naval) has never been enmeshed in any controversy, much less scandal. We are appalled even more at the brazenness of Greinke as to impute upon the good name of the bishop the very same crime he was accused of doing against innocent young boys in the very Association he had come to found, purportedly to proclaim the love of God only to find out it has become a trap for his sexual perversion! Such lies therefore that he has concocted can only come from a heart whose hatred is as deep as his own twisted understanding of what is good and moral.
Who is Stephen Greinke?
Stephen Greinke, a U.S. citizen, was a Redemptorist Brother from 1978 to 1979 with temporary vows in St. Louis Province of the Redemptorist Order in the United States of America. He left the Redemptorist Province of St. Louis having let his temporary vows expire. Later who applied for admission to the OAKWOOO Province of the same Order and took vows once again in 1984. Eventually he made his perpetual profession on August 30, 1986.
Apparently, his stay with the Congregation was fraught with difficulties for himself and for others. Hence, he requested for Exclaustration in July 1990. His exclaustration was extended several times. It terminated in the year 2000 when he finally sought and was granted the Dispensation from the vows and obligations of his profession in the Congregation.
In 1990, Stephen Greinke came to apply for work as a Religious Brother in the Diocese of Naval. In effect, he was given an invitation to work in the diocese with a motive of discerning whether a Religious Institute of Diocesan Right can be established in the diocese,:He then organized an Association of Men which he called Missionary Brothers of the Perpetual Help (MBHP) which was temporarily approved by the Bishop in September 8 of the same year.
However, his real motive soon started to manifest. He was accused of sexual molestations from no less than his Own young recruits to the association he founded. On account of these accusations, Stephen Greinke was charged before the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation. (BID). The bureau, considering the gravity of the accusations and upon finding sufficient basis, canceled his Missionary Visa and included his name in the Bureau's list of Blacklisted Aliens in the year 2000 (he was able to leave the country earlier without answering the charges against him). In the same order, the Bureau asserted that his non-appearance at the Bureau was deemed a waiver on his part to face the charges, and that on account of this, he was so "ordered deported to his country of origin."
His relationship with the people in Sitio Lupa (where his formation house was located) and in the two neighboring barangays of Calumpang and Caraycaray, all in the Municipality of Naval were always strained and fraught with difficulties. Ill tempered and ever so vindictive, Stephen Greinke would always threaten to haul people to court whenever he was provoked or whenever things would not be according to his liking. Indeed, there were a number of times when he succeeded in bringing poor people to jail and old women as well, on some unfounded charges! Not able to take it any longer, the residents of Barangay Caraycaray and sitio Lupa wrote resolutions letters declaring Stephen Greinke persona non grata and attached the Same documents to the petition of the people at the BID to have him deported.
Meantime, the clergy of the diocese saw that the community that Stephen Greinke established had gone morally and spiritually bankrupt. Not only that, it had also caused much harm, division, and undue pain among the people living nearby. That was when the clergy of the Diocese made a Resolution requesting the Bishop of Naval to dissolve and suppress the community that was recognized by the diocese. In response, the Bishop the issued a decree of Dissolution /Suppression in July 2003.
While in the United States, Greinke wrote letters accusing the Bishop and the Clergy of wrong doings, maligning their good names. One such letter was addressed to the late Holy Father John Paul II. Because of this, a Visitation and Investigation was made on the Clergy and the Bishop of Naval by the Most Rev. Jose S. Palma, D.D., then Bishop of Calbayog. The then Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo, Most Rev. Pedro R. Dean Jr., D.D., also conducted his own investigation (the Bishop of Naval being his suffragan) and refuted point by point the accusation hurled by Greinke against the Bishop and the Clergy of Naval.
Several "demolition" letters have been written by Stephen Greinke, the last being on March 2005. All these letters contained the same sweeping rehashed allegations that were substantially deceitful and which Church authorities have found to be false and without basis.
Not content until the Bishop and the clergy fall, Greinke intensified his attack this time using the internet and the media in his vendetta.
Why the unabashed hatred for the bishop and the clergy? For several reasons. One, Greinke felt aggrieved when the bishop refused to defend him when he was accused of sexual molestations that eventually led to his leaving the country. Two, the cancellation of his Missionary Visa by the BID was for him a bitter pill to swallow, and three, he felt offended when his Pious Union was suppressed and dissolved by the Bishop. This meant he could not solicit funds anymore from benefactors since his mission is already non-existent.
Offhand, we have come to wonder why these accusations against the bishop had suddenly resurfaced after these had been dealt with appropriately and expeditiously by the Church authorities years ago. We wonder because there are indications that this move to vilify the Bishop could have been also politically orchestrated by people who cannot stand the teachings of the Church. The strong adherence of the church for good governance and her vehement opposition to corruption have been the bane of many whose lives are hinged on compromises and pay-offs, to the detriment of the poor which comprise majority of God's people. If these indications are so, then Stephen Greinke has just become a dispensable pawn in the bigger picture of dirty politics. The smear campaign against the Bishop has just demonstrated how wicked can people go just so they could preserve their political interests.
THE MOST REV. FILOMENO G. BACTOL, D.D. HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY MALIGNED. HIS REPUTATION HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY TARNISHED. AND THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE UNSUSPECTING AUDIENCE OF THIS MALICIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIM AND THE INSTITUTION HE REPRESENTS.
We desire to make right what bas been undeservedly imputed to the Bishop. We wish to make it known that the Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, D.D. is innocent of the charges hurled against him. The Bishop enjoys our utmost trust and confidence. On the other hand, we know Stephen Greinke. We know his person and we know his story. We know because we were victims, one way or another, of his depraved presence in our community years ago.
In the meantime, we continue to ask the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin for our Bishop, the Clergy and all the faithful that we may be continually enlightened and guided by the Spirit of Truth and Charity. We also pray for Stephen Greinke for while he may have caused harm and injury to the Bishop and the Church, he has remained undeniably our brother.
Signed this 8th day of January 2008.
Regarding the person of Stephen Greinke and his Malicious Accusations against the Bishop of Naval.We, the Clergy, Religious, and Faithful of the Diocese of Naval, would like to express our strongest condemnation of the lies peddled by Stephen Greinke against the Bishop of Naval, the Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, D.D. last January 2. 2008, Stephen Greinke, in a nationally televised network, accused the bishop of sexually molesting young boys. We are aghast at this accusation because the Bishop is a person of integrity, whose ministry of 40 years (15 years in the seminary as formator 7 years as Pastor, and 18 years as Bishop of Naval) has never been enmeshed in any controversy, much less scandal. We are appalled even more at the brazenness of Greinke as to impute upon the good name of the bishop the very same crime he was accused of doing against innocent young boys in the very Association he had come to found, purportedly to proclaim the love of God only to find out it has become a trap for his sexual perversion! Such lies therefore that he has concocted can only come from a heart whose hatred is as deep as his own twisted understanding of what is good and moral.
Who is Stephen Greinke?
Stephen Greinke, a U.S. citizen, was a Redemptorist Brother from 1978 to 1979 with temporary vows in St. Louis Province of the Redemptorist Order in the United States of America. He left the Redemptorist Province of St. Louis having let his temporary vows expire. Later who applied for admission to the OAKWOOO Province of the same Order and took vows once again in 1984. Eventually he made his perpetual profession on August 30, 1986.
Apparently, his stay with the Congregation was fraught with difficulties for himself and for others. Hence, he requested for Exclaustration in July 1990. His exclaustration was extended several times. It terminated in the year 2000 when he finally sought and was granted the Dispensation from the vows and obligations of his profession in the Congregation.
In 1990, Stephen Greinke came to apply for work as a Religious Brother in the Diocese of Naval. In effect, he was given an invitation to work in the diocese with a motive of discerning whether a Religious Institute of Diocesan Right can be established in the diocese,:He then organized an Association of Men which he called Missionary Brothers of the Perpetual Help (MBHP) which was temporarily approved by the Bishop in September 8 of the same year.
However, his real motive soon started to manifest. He was accused of sexual molestations from no less than his Own young recruits to the association he founded. On account of these accusations, Stephen Greinke was charged before the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation. (BID). The bureau, considering the gravity of the accusations and upon finding sufficient basis, canceled his Missionary Visa and included his name in the Bureau's list of Blacklisted Aliens in the year 2000 (he was able to leave the country earlier without answering the charges against him). In the same order, the Bureau asserted that his non-appearance at the Bureau was deemed a waiver on his part to face the charges, and that on account of this, he was so "ordered deported to his country of origin."
His relationship with the people in Sitio Lupa (where his formation house was located) and in the two neighboring barangays of Calumpang and Caraycaray, all in the Municipality of Naval were always strained and fraught with difficulties. Ill tempered and ever so vindictive, Stephen Greinke would always threaten to haul people to court whenever he was provoked or whenever things would not be according to his liking. Indeed, there were a number of times when he succeeded in bringing poor people to jail and old women as well, on some unfounded charges! Not able to take it any longer, the residents of Barangay Caraycaray and sitio Lupa wrote resolutions letters declaring Stephen Greinke persona non grata and attached the Same documents to the petition of the people at the BID to have him deported.
Meantime, the clergy of the diocese saw that the community that Stephen Greinke established had gone morally and spiritually bankrupt. Not only that, it had also caused much harm, division, and undue pain among the people living nearby. That was when the clergy of the Diocese made a Resolution requesting the Bishop of Naval to dissolve and suppress the community that was recognized by the diocese. In response, the Bishop the issued a decree of Dissolution /Suppression in July 2003.
While in the United States, Greinke wrote letters accusing the Bishop and the Clergy of wrong doings, maligning their good names. One such letter was addressed to the late Holy Father John Paul II. Because of this, a Visitation and Investigation was made on the Clergy and the Bishop of Naval by the Most Rev. Jose S. Palma, D.D., then Bishop of Calbayog. The then Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo, Most Rev. Pedro R. Dean Jr., D.D., also conducted his own investigation (the Bishop of Naval being his suffragan) and refuted point by point the accusation hurled by Greinke against the Bishop and the Clergy of Naval.
Several "demolition" letters have been written by Stephen Greinke, the last being on March 2005. All these letters contained the same sweeping rehashed allegations that were substantially deceitful and which Church authorities have found to be false and without basis.
Not content until the Bishop and the clergy fall, Greinke intensified his attack this time using the internet and the media in his vendetta.
Why the unabashed hatred for the bishop and the clergy? For several reasons. One, Greinke felt aggrieved when the bishop refused to defend him when he was accused of sexual molestations that eventually led to his leaving the country. Two, the cancellation of his Missionary Visa by the BID was for him a bitter pill to swallow, and three, he felt offended when his Pious Union was suppressed and dissolved by the Bishop. This meant he could not solicit funds anymore from benefactors since his mission is already non-existent.
Offhand, we have come to wonder why these accusations against the bishop had suddenly resurfaced after these had been dealt with appropriately and expeditiously by the Church authorities years ago. We wonder because there are indications that this move to vilify the Bishop could have been also politically orchestrated by people who cannot stand the teachings of the Church. The strong adherence of the church for good governance and her vehement opposition to corruption have been the bane of many whose lives are hinged on compromises and pay-offs, to the detriment of the poor which comprise majority of God's people. If these indications are so, then Stephen Greinke has just become a dispensable pawn in the bigger picture of dirty politics. The smear campaign against the Bishop has just demonstrated how wicked can people go just so they could preserve their political interests.
THE MOST REV. FILOMENO G. BACTOL, D.D. HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY MALIGNED. HIS REPUTATION HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY TARNISHED. AND THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE UNSUSPECTING AUDIENCE OF THIS MALICIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIM AND THE INSTITUTION HE REPRESENTS.
We desire to make right what bas been undeservedly imputed to the Bishop. We wish to make it known that the Most Rev. Filomeno G. Bactol, D.D. is innocent of the charges hurled against him. The Bishop enjoys our utmost trust and confidence. On the other hand, we know Stephen Greinke. We know his person and we know his story. We know because we were victims, one way or another, of his depraved presence in our community years ago.
In the meantime, we continue to ask the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin for our Bishop, the Clergy and all the faithful that we may be continually enlightened and guided by the Spirit of Truth and Charity. We also pray for Stephen Greinke for while he may have caused harm and injury to the Bishop and the Church, he has remained undeniably our brother.
Signed this 8th day of January 2008.
This Statement of Truth was followed by 4 pages containing the signatures of Priests, Nuns, and Parishioners
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HONESTLY... I WAS ONCE TAUGHT BY MY BRAIN-WASHING RELIGION TEACHERS THAT ONLY THE ALMIGHTY POPE CAN SPEAK "EX CATHEDRA" AND THUS BE CONSIDERED INFALLIBLE...
LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT IT IS ACTUALLY EXTENDED TO THIS LORD BISHOP OF HIS!
HA!
SO MUCH FOR A MAN OF COCK-AND-ASS-POUNDING INTEGRITY!
Well...
Why be surprised? BACTOL IS A LORD BISHOP, REMEMBER?
A SUCCESSOR TO THE APOSTLES...
A "HUMBLE MAN OF GOD"....
AND ALL OF THESE DECEPTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF SLAVERY AND ABUSE IS DONE BY NO LESS THAN THE ALMIGHTY VATICAN AND ITS "ONLY BEGOTTEN SON" THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES, OUR COUNTRY'S "HOLY SPIRIT!"
Dear people of my country.
When are we going to wake up and FIGHT THESE OUR OPPRESSORS!
Look at what they're actually doing IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE...
THEY ARE TAKING AWAY THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO WOULD WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO HARMLESS CONTRACEPTIVES AND SAFE ABORTIONS UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THIS WILL "ENDANGER THE SOUL" OF THEIR OWN FLOCK...
NOT TO MENTION HALTING THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SOCIETIES!
And the US of A is not even A CATHOLIC COUNTRY!
When are we going to realize that THESE "MEN OF THE CLOTH" ARE OUR OPPRESSORS?
THESE MEN AND WOMEN (THE SACRED FUCKING NUNS) ARE GETTING FAT ALLOWANCES OUT OF PEOPLE'S POCKETS BECAUSE OF THEIR SO-CALLED "FAITH" WHICH IS A MERE FILTHY PRIMITIVE MYTHOLOGY?
WHEN ARE WE, THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, GOING TO BREAK THIS ROMAN, ITALIAN YOKE OF CHILD MOLESTATION, POLITICAL MACHINATIONS, SACRED RACISM AND WANTON HYPOCRISY?
And all we get are DECEPTIVE GOOD PR MANAGEMENTS, ARTICLES, AND SHOWS FROM THESE SITES:
http://www.splendorofthechurch.com.ph
http://veritas846.ph/
http://www.cbcpnews.com/
http://cbcpforlife.com/
http://www.jescom.ph/
Why is it that when these primitive folks blab about their MISINFORMATION OF THE RH BILL, THE ANTI-DISCRIMATION BILL AND THE DIVORCE BILL in these websites, radio programs and television broadcasts, we don't see them SERVING THEIR TIME IN JAIL DUE TO LIBEL AND THE NEW CYBERCRIME LAW?
Well...
why am I asking in the first place...
THEY DO GET AWAY WITH CHILD MOLESTATION, RIGHT?
SO THAT JUST MEANS THAT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING!
THEY ARE GODS AND THEIR AUTHORITY IS ABOVE "HUMAN" LAW REMEMBER?
THEY ARE, THE ALMIGHTY CATHOLIC CHURCH WHO IS THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS!
THEY DO HAVE A "REPRESENTATIVE" IN THE U.N. RIGHT?
THIS MERE PRIMITIVE AND MYTHICAL RELIGION!
RISE UP PEOPLE!
LET US FACE AND FIGHT OUR OPPRESSORS!
LET SECULARISM BE OUR GUIDING LIGHT AND LET REASON, SCIENCE, BE OUR SOLE RELIGION!
DOWN WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH!
LET US START WITH OUR COUNTRY NOW!
PASS THE RH BILL! PASS THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION BILL! PASS THE DIVORCE BILL! PASS HOUSE BILL NO. 6330!
ENOUGH OF THE BACTOLIZATION OF OUR COUNTRY!
ENOUGH OF THE ALMIGHTY YOKE OF THE VATICAN!
LET US EXPOSE THE SKELTONS OF THEIR VERY OWN SACRISTY-CLOSETS!
By the way...
Here again is the YOUNG AND SEXUALLY ZEALOUS FILOMENO GONZALEZ BACTOL with THE "BLESSED" JOHN PAUL THE GREAT...
PATRON SAINT OF CHILD MOLESTERS! ;)
"Really? The boys in your Diocese are DIVINELY DELICIOUS? VERY GOOD SON... YOU ARE A FAITHFUL SON OF GOD AND HIS CHURCH!"
I also heard that the Philippines has a new COLONIAL GOVERNOR FROM THE VATICAN in the person of one of their very own TECHIE PR MANAGERS:
LUIS ANTONIO GOKIM TAGLE.
I read a report that when he was still the ALMIGHTY LORD BISHOP OF IMUS that he'd use to invite beggars to his Palace so that he could eat with these people...
uhh... touching isn't it?
OR IS THAT ALSO A FITTING REWARD FROM THE "GOOD" CARDINAL-TO-BE TO THESE POOR PARENTS FOR LETTING THEIR FRESH, TEENAGE CHILDREN SLEEP WITH HIM?
WHY NOT, RIGHT? AFTER ALL... IF THIS IS A NORM IN THE DIOCESE OF NAVAL, THIS IS ALSO THE NORM OF THE WHOLE ALMIGHTY CATHOLIC CHURCH! ;)
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