James Altman, Priest Who Said Catholics Can't Be Democrats, Removed From Posting By Bishop

[appalachiablue]

Source: Newsweek

Rev. James Altman, the Wisconsin priest who declared Catholics cannot be Democrats in a YouTube video, was removed from his posting in a decree by a bishop. Bishop William Patrick Callahan removed Altman from serving as a pastor for St. James the Less parish in the city of La Crosse, the city's diocese said in a statement Friday.

The decree of Altman's removal will remain in effect unless it is determined otherwise. Altman's controversial YouTube video was posted before the 2020 presidential election where he said Democrat supporters will burn in hell.

'(The bishop) and his diocesan representatives have spent over a year, prayerfully and fraternally, working toward a resolution related to ongoing public and ecclesial concerns of the ministry of Fr. James Altman," the Diocese of La Crosse's statement said.

"Unfortunately for the corrupt hierarchy, I will not be silenced by any arbitrary Decree, nor will I be cowed by any action against my priestly faculties," Altman told conservative news publication LifeSiteNews.com...

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/james-altman-priest-who-said-catholics-cant-democrats-removed-posting-bishop-1608417

[patphil]

1. Since Jesus was most definitely liberal in his teachings,

I would think it would be more probable that Republicans can't be Catholics.

What is with this guy? Doesn't Altman ever read the new testament?

[summer_in_TX]

3. Good point.

Or any of the many Old Testament passages about justice and the corrupt rich person oppressing the poor.

[mahina]

2. Good.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Looks like he can join the Ex in a class action suit.

Why do they only single out people who cause trouble?
They won't ban Oprah, what's that tell you?

[kimbutgar]

5. I think that priest needs to be sent to a church in Africa or Haiti

He needs some humility.

[appalachiablue]

23. +1 Amen

[Phoenix61]

6. Need to pull their tax free status. If that isn't campaigning I don't know what is. nt

[regnaD kciN]

7. "I will not be silenced by any arbitrary Decree"...

In other words "God demands absolute obedience to the pastors of the Church...unless they tell me to be silent."

[Justice matters.]

10. Same Modus Operandi every single time.

They always can find a justification for any of their own wrongdoings and spin them as a good thing.

That MO has been going on for the past couple of thousand years actually.

[BigmanPigman]

13. Hey, it's worked for them so far...

another 3,000 years they might swing in the other direction for a change...I won't hold my breath. Their numbers are dropping big time in the US but climbing in many African countries and S America.

[twodogsbarking]

8. I'm ok with this.

I'm staying a Dem.

[sakabatou]

9. Good. Politics and religion shouldn't mix

[SwannieK]

11. A M E N!!!! lol

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

24. Don't tell that to the

Catholics, the Protestants, The Jews, The Muslims... They've been a political tool since their inception to aid the power hungry in their efforts to subjugate the uneducated.

[Firestorm49]

12. Hang on Jack, there ain't no hell. They got rid of it years ago.

I feel much better now. I guess he’s just another priest who doesn’t quite keep up with the times. Adios, muchacho.

[Master_Monstruwacan]

18. "Got rid of" Hell?

Really? When? The RC Church has most certainly not. If they did, what would they use to frighten people into giving them money?

[Chrysanthemum]

20. Actually, it was preached this way

I haven't been to church in many a year, but when I did go to Mass, as well as earlier when I was in Catholic school, it was taught this way:

Hell exists, but it is actually hard to get into, because you have to be someone who freely and totally rejects the limitless love of God -- and simultaneously totally understands the gravity of that decision, yet nonetheless rejects God's love.

[Master_Monstruwacan]

26. So...

Pretty much like they've always done. Lie about it. Good thing none of it is real.

[Eyeball_Kid]

14. Here he is, folks! The Sovereign Citizen Priest. n/t

[The Unmitigated Gall]

15. They CAN be nazis, I guess.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Yes, if you eliminate 54% of the populace, donations will plummet

The Rev. Altman seems not to understand much about demographics.

[AnnetteChaffee]

17. Perhaps the priest

is needed in the mountains of Tibet, where he may actually learn something about unconditional love and spirituality.

Politics and Religion are to be separated - this is yet another thing that is being totally accepted by the public because there are no consequences for breaking this law. Perhaps if the churches tax status were removed they would change their habits.

Without consequences, evil and illegal actions will continue until we will have no laws, the constitution will be worthless, and our entire society will fall to pieces.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that everyone in the United States has the right to practice his or her own religion, or no religion at all. ... The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits government from encouraging or promoting ("establishing&quot religion in any way.

RELIGION AND POLITICS SHOULD NOT MIX - PERIOD. And nobody has the right to say that someone cannot become the religion that they align with spiritually, I don't care what political party you are with. WTF is wrong with this guy? Why do they keep people like him and priests who harm children as part of the Catholic church? This is why conventional religion is fading away.

Find your Creator in the home of your soul. You don't need a building or a human to have a relationship with your higher power. It is ALL within you, always.

annette

[Marrah_Goodman]

19. Good.

My folks are lifetime Catholics and they didn't talk about it, they just live it. They are also lifelong Dems.

[Chrysanthemum]

21. The best kind of Catholics! n/t

[paleotn]

22. And God bothering Reverends....

will die and cease to exist.....like everyone else. Playing the "you'll go to hell" card. How unoriginal.

[twodogsbarking]

25. I worked in hell for 13 months.

Trump-like rich folks. The things they did were criminal.

[UGADawg]

27. All Catholics need to read Rerum Novarum an ex cathedra writing..........

by Leo XIII. This encyclical reaffirmed by St John Paul II shows why today's Republican party is anti_catholic beliefs.

I had to study this encyclical in my Senior year at my Catholic High School.

[keithbvadu2]

28. It says removed from his posting, not removed from the priesthood.

It says removed from his posting, not removed from the priesthood.
Can he just go serve under another Bishop who believes the same political policies?

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

29. Altman was also saying that the Covid-19 vaccines were immoral

Since apparently fetal tissues were somehow used in their development. Therefore, it is wrong to take these vaccines.