Fr.
Euteneuer Calls for Firing
of ‘False Teacher,’ Applauds Bishops
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ROYAL, VA — The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president
of Human Life International, (HLI) said today, “Catholic
parents should shudder at the thought of Dan Maguire teaching
theology to their children at a Catholic University. I call
upon Marquette to stop hiding behind false ideas of tenure
and ‘academic freedom’ in the face of theological
malfeasance and dismiss Dan Maguire. A Catholic university
should be Catholic and not tolerate false teachers like
Maguire.”
Father
Euteneuer applauded the Doctrine Committee of the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops for their clear and
ringing rebuke of dissident Professor Daniel Maguire of
the theology department of Marquette University in Milwaukee.
The bishops declared formally that Maguire’s ideas
on contraception, abortion and same-sex marriage were totally
inconsistent with the Catholic Faith. He is not a Catholic
if he teaches false doctrine.
“I
am very heartened that the bishops of the committee finally
addressed an erroneous model of moral theology that dissenting
theologians have used for decades to mislead the faithful”
Father Euteneuer said.
This
idea wrongly states that the opinions of theologians are
somehow co-equal with the Magisterium—the teaching
authority of the Church which Christ Himself established.
“High
profile Catholics who dissent on clearly-defined teachings,”
Father Euteneuer said, “have no doubt been influenced
by the kind of nonsense that Maguire and his friends have
been propagating for decades; namely that certain crucial
moral teachings of the Church are ‘optional’
when they are not.”
Last
Fall Human Life International, in its quarterly publication
FrontLines awarded Maguire, an ex-priest who is
divorced and remarried, its “Millstone Award”
for his extreme advocacy of abortion, contraception and
“same-sex marriage.” The award’s title
refers to the fate of those who mislead the innocent as
spoken by Jesus in Matthew 18:6.
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