*This post has nothing to do with my own private views or the views of this site. It goes along with the other posts about what happened at Notre Dame and how barry got another pass.
August 14, 2009
Kelly – this was posted previously but cannot find it. Just one more of the many posts that disappear/have disappeared. It’s a statement from Fr Weslin’s website: Lambs of Christ released on June 8th when he was arraigned on his trespass/resisting arrest charges in St Joesph, Indiana. I take it you’ve seen the videos of his arrests [follow link below] and you know he did not resist in any was and in fact was unbelievably manhandled – even after he was handcuffed. I don’t recall running across any info on what happened in court and I couldn’t get at the court proceedings at the court’s website. All you need to know is at that point Fr Jenkins had refused to drop the charges or even “have a dialogue” with Fr Weslin. Not sure that article ever got posted. Again there is a paucity of info out there for obvious reasons. I have no idea why Fr Weslin’s lawyer does not have an email address.
Fr Weslin/Fr Jenkins/Notre Dame posts
From Fr Weslin’s website: [emphasis added]
June 8, 2009
Father Weslin, was twice arrested at the University of Notre Dame during commencement week. His arrests are captured on YouTube and have been viewed over 200,000 times. Father Weslin was first arrested as he carried a cross and prayed aloud while walking onto campus. The second arrest occurred when Father Weslin was praying the rosary and carrying a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe onto campus. Father Norman U. Weslin, O.S. was in St. Joseph Superior Court today (6/8/09) to be arraigned on these charges. With regard to the arrests at Notre Dame and the current prosecutions of the same, Father Weslin issues the following statement:
1. A person who comes to Notre Dame to pray for the right to life cannot be a trespasser.
2. We are not protesters, we are lay and religious Christians bearing witness to the truth of life.
3. We don’t want Notre Dame to irrevocably lose its Catholic identity. We want her to return to her rightful place as Our Lady’s University and our premiere Catholic Institution of higher learning.
4. Cardinal George is right. Notre Dame has lost its understanding of what it means to be Catholic. We, as the Church’s faithful servants, are trying to restore that understanding to Notre Dame, so it will again possess the grace to be a great Catholic Christian Institution.
5. Father Jenkins has said that he personally, and the University of Notre Dame as an institution, believe in the importance of dialogue. We have sought dialogue with Father Jenkins on these issues that are core to our shared faith. Our Pope has identified the right to life as an absolute and fundamental tenet of our faith. To date, Father Jenkins has refused our request to meet, opting instead to let the legal system insulate him from dialogue with his brother and sister members of the mystical body of Christ. We again call on Father Jenkins to meet with us to try to heal these wounds and to explore ways to prayerfully move forward in reclaiming Notre Dame’s Catholic identity.
For more information contact Father Weslin’s attorney, Thomas M. Dixon, at (574) 315-6455
Thomas M. Dixon, Esq.
Dixon, Wright & Associates, P.C.
55255 Birchwood Court
Osceola, IN 46561
(574) 315-6455 office
(574) 675-7783 fax
