The Lepanto Institute has formally requested that Pope Leo laicize and suspend from ministry a New Mexico priest who entered into a homosexual “domestic partnership” for ten years during a 28-year leave of absence from the priesthood. Lepanto sent a copy of its August 2025 report on Fr. Steve Rosera, of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, along with the notarized “divorce” documents of Rosera and his "partner," issued by the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco, to … [Read more...]
Romanian city tries to evict Norbertine abbot, seize monastery, and suppress community
The City of Oradea in Romania has initiated legal proceedings to evict a Norbertine abbot from his monastery, a move that would effectively dismantle a centuries-old monastic community despite the abbot’s official recognition and remuneration by the Romanian state. As the Norbertine Abbey of Oradea, founded in 1130, approaches its 900th year anniversary, the local municipality is seeking to illegally evict its abbot and seize its property, effecting the suppression of the monastic community and … [Read more...]
Miami Catholic School employs radical left-wing LGBT advocate in social studies department
A Miami Catholic high school employs as its Director of Learning Service a radical left-wing advocate of LGBT ideology and Marxist socialism, both at odds with Catholic moral and social doctrine. Concerned parents contacted us at the Lepanto Institute to investigate the matter. Maria de la Guardia, Director of Learning Services at Immaculata-La Salle Catholic High School in Miami, Florida, has taught US Government and formerly served as head of the school’s social studies department for over a … [Read more...]
‘Dispose after reading,’ Archbishop Weisenburger’s history of cover-up for clerical sexual abuse
Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger has a history of concealing clerical sexual abuse, according to revelations of a Church-commissioned investigation that examined the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, where Weisenburger served 16 years as Vicar General. As Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City from 1996 to 2012, Weisenburger not only wielded immense influence—but used it to suppress accountability for priestly sexual abuse of minors. Investigators discovered that he routinely … [Read more...]
New Mexico Archbishop Reinstated, Promoted, and Lives with Priest who Spent 10 Years in Registered Homosexual Relationship
Archbishop John Wester, the local ordinary for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM, reinstated the faculties of a priest who spent ten years in San Francisco as a registered “domestic partner” to another man. According to Fr. Steve Rosera’s official bio, Abp. Wester reinstated him to the priesthood on 20 January 2021. The official Archdiocese of Santa Fe facebook page indicates that Fr. Rosera took a “leave of absence” twenty-eight years earlier, meaning he had been away from the priesthood since … [Read more...]
