{"id":81666,"date":"2021-05-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=81666"},"modified":"2022-12-19T11:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T17:33:04","slug":"fr-altman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2021\/05\/15\/fr-altman\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Altman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fr. Altman has been in the news a lot recently.  Many people are sympathetic to Fr. Altman&#8217;s zeal, but nevertheless raise some important questions, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steveskojec\/status\/1397228872316461058\" target=\"_blank\">such as Steve Skojec<\/a>. Anyway, since I&#8217;ll soon be moving to Wisconsin, I thought I&#8217;d compile the information about his case which I&#8217;ve come across&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. This article from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pillarcatholic.com\/p\/altman-blames-pansy-babies-for-dispute\" target=\"_blank\">The Pillar<\/a> contain the main details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackcatholicmessenger.com\/racism-and-what-we-are-not-told\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claims about racism and lynching<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AjeWSYzbxiE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. An image and commentary found in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210314.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a March bulletin from Fr. Altman&#8217;s parish:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Altman-Bulletin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Altman-Bulletin-800x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Altman-Bulletin-800x1024.png 800w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Altman-Bulletin-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Altman-Bulletin-768x983.png 768w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Altman-Bulletin-1200x1536.png 1200w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Altman-Bulletin.png 1338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. This interview where he makes a number of comments about men and women, as well as why women can&#8217;t preach (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aKQVyhkOqoU?t=96\">01:36<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aKQVyhkOqoU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=68&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. This graphic which was posted on Patrick Coffin&#8217;s Facebook Page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVID.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVID-856x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVID-856x1024.jpeg 856w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVID-251x300.jpeg 251w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVID-768x918.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVID-1285x1536.jpeg 1285w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/COVID.jpeg 1686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. His comments about Church authority and infallibility are found in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mudbloodcatholic\/2021\/05\/the-revolt-of-fr-altman\/\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many have jumped on the injection bandwagon, daring to call it our moral duty to take the experimental injection. Dear family, their statement, from the Bishop of Rome on down, is not infallible. No, as we learned in seminary, in the last two thousand years, depending on who&#8217;s doing the counting, infallible statements have been made maybe four to seven times &#8211; that&#8217;s it. Anything else? An Opinion.<\/p>\n<cite>Fr. Altman<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. He has been made many appearances where he has offered open criticism to a variety of targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial ones were produced by Alpha News:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-7eoTN2vNM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVt10eZMN1M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has also appeared on Church Militant a couple of times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mHOse9qmPGs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jf02PkqwJHw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. In response to his appearance on Taylor Marshall&#8217;s show where he called his bishop a &#8220;Nazi&#8221; and &#8220;Tyrant&#8221;, Michael O&#8217;Loughlin offered some commentary over the way we speak about our leaders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4q0hCRxOBeU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As usual, Michael Lofton from <a href=\"https:\/\/reasonandtheology.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reason and Theology<\/a> has excellent, balanced material on this sort of thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Us14qbnk5n8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Altman has been in the news a lot recently. Many people are sympathetic to Fr. Altman&#8217;s zeal, but nevertheless raise some important questions, such as Steve Skojec. Anyway, since I&#8217;ll soon be moving to Wisconsin, I thought I&#8217;d compile the information about his case which I&#8217;ve come across&#8230; 1. This article from The Pillar contain the main details. 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81666"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86086,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81666\/revisions\/86086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}