The Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP), a group of disaffected and heretical priests from around the country, is attempting to bring their organization into mainline Catholic publications. In the April 2020 issue of The Priest, a publication of 108 year old Catholic publishing house Our Sunday Visitor (OSV), The Priest published a full page ad on page 45 of the 54 page magazine that encouraged readers to register for the AUSCP's annual assembly. At the heart of this issue i … [Read more...]
US Representative of Pope Francis to Participate in Assembly of Heretical Priests
In early December, the Lepanto Institute learned that the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States (Abp. Christophe Pierre) is scheduled to participate in the annual assembly of a heretical priestly association called the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP). Since the Lepanto Institute has conducted multiple investigations of the AUSCP since 2015, we decided to contact Abp. Pierre to present him with some of our findings and to urge him to withdraw from the AUSCP’s Annual As … [Read more...]
Cross Catholic Outreach Ends Relationship with AUSCP
On July 16 of this year, the Lepanto Institute published a report on Cross Catholic Outreach's financial support of the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP) through advertising space it took out in the AUSCP's program booklet for its annual assembly. Since the publication of that report, faithful Catholics have been emailing, calling, and sending in letters to Cross Catholic, telling them that they can no longer support the organization as long as it is lending support to the A … [Read more...]
Heretical Priest’s Association Repeats Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
Three-thousand, four-hundred years ago, three men charged Moses and Aaron with "clericalism," and led a rebellion against them. The Book of Numbers chapter 16 says that Korah, Dathan and Abiram: took two hundred and fifty Israelites who were leaders in the community, members of the council and men of note, and confronted Moses. Holding an assembly against Moses and Aaron, they said, “You go too far! The whole community, all of them, are holy; the LORD is in their midst. Why then should you set … [Read more...]
Unbound, Cross Catholic, Food for the Poor Listed Among Sponsors/Exhibitors at Event for Association of Heretical Priests
Following the annual assembly of the heresy-minded Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP), we continue our series of reports by spotlighting the sponsors and vendors helping to finance the AUSCP's activities. The Lepanto Institute has produced several reports on the actions and positions taken by the AUSCP, and links to some of these reports are as follows: AUSCP Officially Called for Women’s Ordination to the Priesthood AUSCP Gives Venue to Condemned LGBT O … [Read more...]
