Was U.S. Cardinal Bernardin a Secret Satanist Involved in
Freemasonry
and Homosexuality?
Greg Anthony Szymanski
Was U.S.
Cardinal Bernardin a Secret
Satanist Involved in Freemasonry
and Homosexuality?
One of the most powerful
Cardinals in America, Bernardin
was a strong force behind
Vatican II deception and deceit.
He was given Medal of Freedom by
President Clinton, who spoke to
Bernardin privately the day
before the Cardinal died.
By Greg Szymanski, JD
May 5, 2008
One of the most
powerful Vatican Cardinals
after Vatican II, working
his Satanic black magic, was
Cardinal Bernardin, former
General
Secretary of the US Conference
of “Catholic” Bishops.
Involved in Satanic rituals,
Freemasonry and homosexuality,
Bernardin’s
commitment to ecumenism led to
the formation of the Council of
Religious
Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago
in 1985. He was elected the
first
president.
For his Satanic
service, he was awarded the
Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton
and actually talked to Clinton
the day before he died.
And as a result of this Council,
Chicago “Catholics” now have
official
covenants with both the
Episcopal Diocese and the
Metropolitan Synod of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America. While in Chicago,
Bernardin
was friends with a Lutheran
minister who regularly
entertained him at
his home.
According to writer, Michael
Diamond, Bernardin died on
November 14, and
the funeral “Mass” for Bernardin
was celebrated by the
apostate“Cardinal” Roger Mahony
of Los Angeles.
In Diamond's article, he said,
"the Chicago Windy City Gay
Men’s Chorus
provided the music for
Bernardin’s funeral. According
to the November
1997 Washington Blade, a
homosexual newspaper, the
“cardinal” himself had
prearranged for the “Windy City
Gay Chorus” to sing at his wake.
The Gay
Chorus had a sign outside the
cathedral prominently displaying
its name.
"Freemasons in full regalia were
shown in newspapers as they
carried out
an “honor guard” role and as
they stood by the body of
Bernardin.
Bernardin was also a posthumous
recipient of the Fraternal Order
of
Masons’ “Masonic Order of
Galilei Award.” This award was
also given to
the Dalai Lama and to Bill
Clinton. The Masons said that
the award was
given to Bernardin because he
was “a man who removed barriers
and built
bridges of understanding and
tolerance.”
"Howard Graff, the Masonic
leader of Illinois, had
petitioned the Grand
Orient Lodge for permission to
bestowthe award on Bernardin
months
before he died. Before he died,
Bernardin had already agreed to
accept
the award as a sign of his
“commitment to dialogue.”
“Cardinal” Joseph
Bernardin was recognized by many
as the most influential Bishop
in
America at his time. He was also
one of the most important
figures in
implementing the religion of
Vatican II. This should tell us
a lot about
the spirit behind Vatican II and
its main proponents."
Here is Diamond's article in its
entirety in order to better
understand
the evil New World Order
activities of Bernadin:
Bernardin’s early career
Joseph Bernardin was born on
April 2, 1928 in Columbia, South
Carolina.
Joseph Bernardin attended public
schools and eventually enrolled
at the
University of South Carolina on
a pre-med scholarship. However,
the
following year he changed his
mind and entered a seminary.1
His mother
and friends were taken by
surprise because Joe wasn’t a
particularly
religious young man.2 Joe was
ordained a priest in 1952. In
1966 he
became the country’s youngest
bishop.3 In 1968 he began a four
year term
as General Secretary of the US
Conference of “Catholic”
Bishops.
Bernardin’s work at the NCCB
On November 21, 1972 Bernardin
was appointed “Archbishop” of
Cincinnati,
Ohio by Paul VI. Almost 100
bishops attended his
installation ceremony.
Most of the ten years Bernardin
was “Archbishop” of Cincinnati
were spent in Washington, DC as
the president of the NCCB4
(National
Conference of “Catholic
Bishops”).
In 1975 and 1976 Bernardin
initiated two failed attempts to
introduce
Communion in the hand. Bernardin
also argued for the acceptance
of altar
girls. Bernardin became
archbishop of the Vatican II
Church in Chicago
in1982, which was the largest
diocese in the country at that
time. When
he was asked about his goals in
Chicago, he said: “I do not come
here
with a blueprint. I don’t have a
bagful of tricks.”5 At his
installation
service as “archbishop” he said:
“We will work together and play
together, fast and pray
together, despair and hope
together... for I am
Joseph, your brother.”6 On
November 14, 1987 the NCCB
released a
document called The Many Faces
of AIDS. Bernardin, who was one
of four
bishops who designed the
document, said he was
particularly pleased with
this document. The document
approves educational materials
which promote
condom use as a prophylactic for
the prevention of HIV
infection.7 It
also approved other horrible
things.
This document on the prevention
of AIDS “pushed for the Catholic
Church
to allow teaching the use of
condoms as a prevention of
future
transmission of the disease.”8
Father Charles Fiore, who was
very
familiar with Bernardin’s
activities, described him as “an
evil man and
a flaming homosexual.”
Bernardin was considered to be a
candidate to be the first
American pope.
Bernardin’s appointments
Bernardin was responsible for
the appointment of
pro-homosexual “bishops,” such
as Detroit Auxiliary Tom
Gumbleton, Ken
Untener of Saginaw, MI (a man
who showed pornographic films to
his
seminarians), Joseph Imesch of
Joliet, IL, and the homosexual
“bishop”
Daniel Ryan of Illinois (who
also had to undergo treatment
for
alcoholism). Bernardin was also
influential in the appointment
of
Rembert Weakland as “Archbishop”
of Milwaukee, WI. Weakland was a
homosexual who paid $450,000 to
his former boyfriend Paul
Marcoux to keep
his homosexual lifestyle a
secret.9
Bernardin’s Involvement in
Satanic Rituals
A woman using the pseudonym
Agnes for her own protection
claims that she
was raped by
“Cardinal”Bernardin. She has
testified to this in a sworn
deposition, in accounts to
investigators, in affidavits
submitted
in support of others’ cases
against Bernardin, in phone
calls and
letters to “Church” officials,
and in sworn affidavits with
Vatican
officials. Agnes claims that
when she was eleven years old –
which was
several decades ago – Joseph
Bernardin raped her as part of a
satanic
ritual which Bishop John J.
Russell of Charleston, South
Carolina also
took part in.
Agnes was brought to the ritual
by an abusive father who was a
member of
a satanic cult. Agnes said that
her dad offered her to the cult
as part
of a satanic sacrifice.10
During this ceremony, a Catholic
Eucharist was defiled and Agnes’
pet
dog Flinnie was tortured.11 In
the fall of 1992, Agnes passed a
polygraph (lie detector) test
regarding the truthfulness of
these
events. She now has passed
several polygraph tests.12
Several years ago
I was able to speak to Fr.
Charles Fiore, (one of Malachi
Martin’s best
friends) shortly before he died.
Fr. Fiore told me that in
interviewing
and getting to know Agnes she
affirmed the whole story of what
had
happened to her as an eleven
year old. Fr. Fiore also found
her to be
credible in his opinion. She
also told her story to Malachi
Martin in the
early 1990’s, who was
recommended to her as a person
who could get her
information to the Vatican.
Malachi Martin incorporated her
story into
his book Windswept House.
Though the rape of Agnes by
Bernardin took place in 1957,
Martin
incorporated the rape into his
book’s description of the
satanic
enthronement of the Vatican on
June 29, 1963. Martin said that
the
satanists (which included many
who claimed to be high ranking
members of
the Catholic Church) prayed and
sacrificed satanically to change
the
Catholic Church into “The
Universal Church of Man.”13
During this satanic ceremony,
the high priest said to the
participants:
“Do you each and all now
solemnly swear that your
administration of
office will be bent to fulfill
the aims of the Universal Church
of Man?”
They responded: “We do so
solemnly swear.”14
Bernardin’s Homosexual
Activities
Joseph Bernardin is said to have
engaged in at least two
instances of
homosexual abuse of young men.
The first was a former
seminarian who
received a cash payment to keep
quiet.
The second was a former
seminarian named Steven Cook,
who filed a ten
million dollar lawsuit in
November of 1993 against the
Archdiocese of
Cincinnati. Cook later dropped
his lawsuit after apparently
receiving a
payment from the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati. Cook accused Fr.
Ellis
Harsham and “Cardinal” Bernardin
(then in Cincinnati) of sexual
acts
against him while he was staying
at St. Gregory Seminary in
Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Cook said that he was told many
times that homosexual acts with
priests
were fine. Fr. Harsham told Cook
that homosexual acts were a sign
of a
special friendship. Cook claimed
that Harsham gave him alcohol
and
marijuana, and exposed him to
pornography. Harsham then abused
him and
would take him to Bernardin’s
living quarters for
sex.15
Bernardin was the “Archbishop”
of Cincinnati at the time. Cook,
speaking
about Bernardin, told CNNin an
interview: “We drank some
Pepsis. I was
given some very nice gifts, and
then I was led into his bedroom
and he
performed anal sex on me.” 16
Cook’s lawsuit also accused the
Archdiocese of Cincinnati of
misrepresenting to Cook’s
parents the
reason for Cook’s many visits to
the seminary and to Bernardin’s
private quarters.17 Although the
media claims that Cook retracted
his
accusation against Bernardin,
Cook never retracted his
accusation
against Bernardin. Cook
apparently received a huge
payout from the
Archdiocese of Cincinnati in the
seven-figure range as part of
the
settlement out of court.18
During the discovery phase of
Cook’s lawsuit against the
Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, attorney Stephen
Rubino received a letter from
Father Daniel
Conlon, the Chancellor of the
Cincinnati Archdiocese, stating
that
Harsham was disciplined
previously for an act of sexual
misconduct that
involved a seminarian.19
Harsham was placed on
administrative leave and, when
the lawsuit was
over, he left the priesthood on
his own.20 Stephen Cook died of
AIDS in
September of 1995. The estate of
the previously penniless Cook,
estimated
in the range of 3million, was
divided between his mother, his
sister,
and his boyfriend.21
Bernardin was also reported to
have participated in homosexual
and
occult activities at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Seminary in
Winona, MN.
This information was discovered
through an official
investigation by a
group of laypeople from
Illinois. Among the bishops who
were involved in
the abuse of seminarians were
Bishops Joseph Bernardin, John
Roach, and
Robert Brom.
At least two of the seminarians
who were abused sued, and one
said that
the homosexual abuse was
connected to satanic and occult
rituals.22
Frank Pellegrini was the
organist and choir director for
All Saints-St.
Anthony of Padua Church in
Chicago.
On May 30, 1984 he was found
brutally murdered at his
apartment. His
hands were found to be tied with
barbed wire, and he had been
stabbed
more than twenty times.
Apparently, there was no sign of
a forced
entry. The officials from the
police department believed that
the murder
was committed by a homosexual or
a woman.23
“According to police who were
present at the crime scene,
shortly after
Pellegrini’s body was
discovered, Cardinal Bernardin
arrived at the
murdered man’s home to quiz the
officers about the killing. The
cardinal
told police that he did not know
the murdered man. This raises
the
obvious question of how he
learned of the killing so
quickly, and of what
special interest Pellegrini was
to him since he did not know the
victim.”
According to information
obtained by Pellegrini’s
girlfriend, Pellegrini
had been in a homosexual
relationship with a priest from
Chicago. He had
also been involved in a secret
priestly “boys club” which
included
occult activities and sexual
abuse of young boys from low
income ethnic
families from Chicago.
Pellegrini’s girlfriend
explained to the police that
Pellegrini wanted
to get out of the club. She went
on to say that he was planning a
meeting with Chancery (Chicago
diocesan) officials to talk
about this
matter shortly before his
murder, but she never knew if he
actually had
met with them.24
Bernardin’s Ecumenical and
Interreligious Activities with
Protestants
“Cardinal” Bernardin’s
commitment to ecumenism led to
the formation of
the Council of Religious Leaders
of Metropolitan Chicago in 1985.
He was
elected the first president. As
a result of this Council,
Chicago
“Catholics” now have official
covenants with both the
Episcopal Diocese
and the Metropolitan Synod of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in
America. While in Chicago,
Bernardin was friends with a
Lutheran
minister who regularly
entertained him at his home.25
Bernardin’s Ecumenical and
Interreligious Activities with
Jews and other
Religions
“Bernardin’s initiative led to
partnerships between the
Catholic
Archdiocese and the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Chicago, the
Chicago Board of Rabbis, Spertus
Institute of Jewish Studies and
the
American Jewish Committee. As a
result of this interfaith
relationship, a
Catholic-Jewish Scholars’
Dialogue, a center for the Study
of Eastern
European Jewry, and educational
programs to teach Catholic
school
children about Judaism all
began during Bernardin’s
tenure... ‘Cardinal
Bernardin’s brotherly embrace
has led to a new era in
Jewish-Catholic
relations. We must never forget
that this tribute would have
been
impossible only 14 years ago.
We have bridged the chasm and
begun a new journey,’ said Rabbi
Peter
Knobel, past president of the
Chicago Board of Rabbis.”26
Bernardin also
maintained a long-time
friendship with Rabbi Herman
Schaalman.27
Bernardin also actively
participated in the World
Parliament of
Religions in the Fall of 1993.28
On March 23, 1995, Bernardin
delivered
a lecture at the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem called
Antisemitism: the
Historical Legacy and the
Continuing Challenge for
Christians. In the
lecture,Bernardin spoke of “what
many consider to be problematic
texts”
and said that “John” is “the
most problematic of all New
Testament books
in its outlook toward the Jews
and Judaism.” He went on to say
that
anti-semitism is “the most
tragic form that racist ideology
has assumed
in our century.” Bernardin,
speaking about the early Church
fathers’
writings, said:
“Retranslation... and
reinterpretation certainly are
to be included among the goals
we pursue in the effort at
eradicating
antisemitism.”
Bernardin also stated that the
statement in the Bible which
refers to the
“children of the Devil” is “an
affirmation which is placed on
the
lips of Jesus.” 29 This implies
that he didn’t believe the
traditional
Gospel accounts in the Bible
were true. Bernardin’s Support
of Call to
Action Call to Action is an
ultra left-wing “Catholic”
organization that
attacks numerous Catholic
teachings.
While in Cincinnati, Bernardin
won the support of liberal
clergy by
helping to organize the 1976
Call to Action
(CTA)conference.30
The delegates of CTA attacked
Catholic teachings regarding
birth
control, celibacy and women
priests. Bernardin also allowed
CTA to
operate on “Catholic” Church
property. He even spoke out
against
“Bishop” Bruskewitz of Lincoln,
Nebraska for excommunicating CTA
members
in his own diocese.
Bernardin sympathized with or
actively promoted the
liberal/dissenting
side on virtually every Church
issue. Bernardin’s Last Days
Before Death
Bill Clinton gave Bernardin the
Presidential Medal of Freedom,
the
highest civilian honor bestowed
on individuals who have made
significant
contributions to their
communities and to their nation.
Time magazine
conducted an interview with
Bernardin in 1994. Time
mentioned that
Bernardin received calls from
Hillary Clinton and John Paul II
as the
interview was being conducted.31
Interestingly, Time magazine
described
Cardinal Bernardin’s fourth
floor office phone as “his red
phone, the
only dash of color in the
severely plainroom.”32
The day before Bernardin died,
he decided to have a
conversation over
the phone with BillClinton.33
Bernardin died on November 14,
1996.34 The funeral “Mass” for
Bernardin
was celebrated by the apostate
“Cardinal” Roger Mahony of Los
Angeles.35
The Chicago Windy City Gay Men’s
Chorus provided the music
for Bernardin’s funeral.
According to the November 1997
Washington
Blade, a homosexual newspaper,
the “cardinal” himself had
prearranged
for the “Windy City Gay Chorus”
to sing at his wake. The Gay
Chorus
had a sign outside the cathedral
prominently displaying its name.
Freemasons in full regalia were
shown in newspapers as they
carried out
an “honor guard” role and as
they stood by the body of
Bernardin.
Bernardin was also a posthumous
recipient of the Fraternal Order
of
Masons’ “Masonic Order of
Galilei Award.” This award was
also given to
the Dalai Lama and to Bill
Clinton.
The Masons said that the award
was given to Bernardin because
he was “a man who removed
barriers and built bridges of
understanding and tolerance.”
Howard Graff, the Masonic leader
of Illinois, had petitioned the
Grand Orient Lodge for
permission to bestowthe award on
Bernardin months before he died.
Before he died, Bernardin
had already agreed to accept the
award as a sign of his
“commitment to dialogue.”36
“Cardinal” Joseph Bernardin was
recognized by many as the most
influential Bishop in America at
his time. He was also one of the
most important figures in
implementing the religion of
Vatican II. This should tell us
a lot about the spirit behind
Vatican II and its main
proponents. (Make sure to look
at the photos on the following
pages.)
Editor's Note: Holy Name
Cathedral in Chicago was
“renovated” many years
ago. The changes and additions
that were made were satanic.
Bernardin
probably felt quite at home here
in the main church for the
Archdiocese
of Chicago.
1 Odd Man Out: A Modern Morality
Play [Greeley, Bernardin, &
Kennedy]
usao.edu, p. 3
2 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, Export, PA. p. 890.
3 TIME, September 6, 1982, p.
54.
4 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, p. 897.
5 TIME, September 6, 1982. p.
54.
6 America, September 4-11, 1982,
p. 102.
7 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, pp. 897-898.
8 www.answers.com/topic/joseph-cardinal-bernardin
9 www.jsonline.com/news/metro/may02/45573,
also
www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=51067
also www.jsonline.com/
news/metro/jun02/51067
10 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, p. 908.
11 Malachi Martin, Windswept
House, Broadway Books, NY, NY.,
p. 16.
12 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, p. 908.
13 Malachi Martin, Windswept
House, p. 16.
14 Malachi Martin, Windswept
House, p. 20.
15 Michael Briggs and Lynn
Sweet, Chicago Sun Times,
“Bernardin Backed
by fellow Bishops,” 11/16/93.
This can also
be found in US News & World
Report, November 29, 1993, p.
64.
16 US News & World Report,
November 29, 1993. p. 64.
17 Daniel Lehmann, Chicago
Sun-Times, “Bernardin Abuse Case
Still Solid,
Lawyer Insists,” Nov. 20, 1993,
p. 5.
18 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, p. 910.
19 Lehmann and Briggs, Chicago
Sun Times, “Letter Puts 77
Transfer of
Harsham Under Cloud,” Nov. 15,
1993, p. 16.
20 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, p. 910.
21 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, p. 911.
22 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, p. 905.
23 Toby Westerman, “Sex Scandal
death knell for Church,”
international
news analysis today, 7/17/02 at
www.worldnetdaily.com
24 Randy Engel, The Rite of
Sodomy, pp. 904-905.
25 Newsweek, November 25, 1996.
p. 63.
26 Abigail Pickus, Chicago JUF
News, “Cardinal who reached out
to Jews
eulogized,” www.jewishsf.com,
pp. 1 & 2.
27 Newsweek, November 25, 1996.
p. 63.
28 Odd Man Out: A Modern
Morality Play [Greeley,
Bernardin, & Kennedy]
usao.edu, p. 4.
29 Paul Varnell, Catholic
Anti-Semitism and Us, orginally
appeared in
the 6/15/05 Windy City Times.
30 TIME, September 6, 1982, p.
54.
31 TIME, March 14, 1994. p. 37.
32 TIME, March 14, 1994. p. 37.
33 Newsweek, November 25, 1996.
p. 62.
34 www.answers.com/topic/joseph-cardinal-bernardin
35 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cardinal_Bernardin
36 Stephen Vance, The Remnant,
Forest Lake, MN, 5/31/07.
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