tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post3765770486301065283..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Mon Signore Loftus (3)Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25808010615364205822017-09-14T10:32:49.528+01:002017-09-14T10:32:49.528+01:00Worked his way, or wormed his way??Worked his way, or wormed his way??Albrecht von Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996637489269911349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-84482587276522312702017-09-13T03:34:10.669+01:002017-09-13T03:34:10.669+01:00Perhaps I could also add that after his Ordination...Perhaps I could also add that after his Ordination, Mgr Baz Loftus worked his way into the Vatican Diplomatic Service and it was through that that he became a Monsignor. He did not last long there and he then was shipped back home to his diocese which is the Diocese of Leeds. When he got his chance he moved out of Leeds and he now lives in a small house in Scotland. His address used to be JARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6417664875031085892017-09-13T03:20:09.101+01:002017-09-13T03:20:09.101+01:00I commend Sue Sims for her discernment of Mgr. Baz...I commend Sue Sims for her discernment of Mgr. Baz Loftus' resentment. I am certain that she is bang on the money. He made "Head Boy" at school and I have it on good authority that the person (whom I will not name) who chose him for this position, regretted his choice afterwards. Baz thought that he was born to rule!JARayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138004129894177863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-62446041025864239522017-09-12T22:55:51.918+01:002017-09-12T22:55:51.918+01:00Sue Sims is right about the previous form. One eld...Sue Sims is right about the previous form. One elderly Priest (who has since died) who he threatened with suing was so upset that he stopped his blog and changed to writing emails to those who followed him instead. I remember Fr Ray Blake was also threatened by Loftus.Pelerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243859145007696053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-52480870175856798032017-09-12T15:55:05.405+01:002017-09-12T15:55:05.405+01:00Would it be matter for confession (detraction) to ...Would it be matter for confession (detraction) to suggest that the good Monsignore might harbour a deep-seated, possibly unconscous resentment that he never made it to the episcopacy?<br /><br />If so, I won't even hint at it.<br /><br />By the way, the gentleman has previous form: if he threatens to sue you, there are plenty of us who would contribute to a fighting fund.Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-84027474386970070212017-09-12T14:09:16.409+01:002017-09-12T14:09:16.409+01:00Rev. Father,
You are indeed a riot. Yet, I must c...Rev. Father,<br /><br />You are indeed a riot. Yet, I must confess that, at this point, I have failed to capture the cognitive thrust of this series. I am certain that your more erudite readers have already proleptically nodded in agreement with what they have foreseen to be the "point" here. I am not one of them. I do hope that there is more to say in this series (though it did not sayBen of the Bayouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300583569226801488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-88672516802649930442017-09-12T13:53:09.806+01:002017-09-12T13:53:09.806+01:00Only this very morning my wife and I were regretti...Only this very morning my wife and I were regretting the rudeness of so many priests of the Monsignor's generation, and comparing them unfavourably to younger priests of our acquaintance. What went wrong in the 60's and 70's?Simon Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196039882299400327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-20144854074386979922017-09-12T13:49:50.329+01:002017-09-12T13:49:50.329+01:00How vexing! Is "Mgr Basil Loftus" no mor...How vexing! Is "Mgr Basil Loftus" no more real than the Easter Bunny? Or is he what the Twitterverse calls a sock puppet? <i>Un nom de plume</i>? Who could it be? Someone, clearly, who is raging against the dying of everything "lite". On immature reflection such blatant inanities must <b>surely</b> be from <i>un agent provocatuer</i>, some man clad in purple-piped black Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-85422308209340158742017-09-12T10:06:47.900+01:002017-09-12T10:06:47.900+01:00When you sat "This would help to account for ...When you sat "This would help to account for his repetitions and fillers", could it be that he is actually being influenced by aspects of the rite which he so dislikes? Although, I suppose, it should in that case be "many, many, many"?The Librarian of Little Notehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04025265249151989338noreply@blogger.com