Inside the Unholy Sex Scandal Rocking Trump's Ex-Adviser

[douglas9]

Frank Pavone, a defrocked priest who was formerly a Catholic adviser to Donald Trump, is engulfed in a sex scandal that is rocking the anti-abortion movement.

Pavone, 64, is the director of Priests for Life, a non-profit that funnels millions of dollars a year into the anti-abortion movement.

He is also an outspoken activist whose political activities have brought him into repeated conflict with the Catholic Church. In December 2022, he was defrocked by the Vatican after repeated clashes with his bishop over his use of social media to advocate conservative political causes.

Now, at least four different women have accused Pavone of sexual misconduct according to reporting by The Pillar. Pavone and Priests for Life have strongly denied the accusations.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-ex-adviser-frank-pavone-of-priests-for-life-rocked-by-sex-scandal

[SunSeeker]

1. Birds of a feather.... nt

[keithbvadu2]

2. Republican family values. Rjght?... 'Dad'?

[republianmushroom]

10. agree

[Midnight Writer]

3. "If you're a priest, they let you do it!"

[multigraincracker]

4. Safer to hang out with

Drag Queens.

[IronLionZion]

13. I think we're still at 0 incidents of sexual misconduct at drag shows, story hours, or brunches.

But plenty of nasty abuse happens at churches and Republican party events.

[Freddie]

5. Wonder how many abortions he paid for

[KS Toronado]

7. My thoughts also

[NBachers]

6. Reverend Dimmesdale

[vlyons]

8. what was that Jesus' warning about beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing?

then there's his bit about lust -- pluck out a wandering eye

[calimary]

15. Definitely. This was one of the things He warned about.

[tulipsandroses]

9. Yet drag queens are the scary ones.

I’m still waiting for a reporter to ask one of these assholes about that. Hmm, a place where sexual abusers are often protected. Even laws passed to protect these scumbags. Those are actual facts. But eh, let’s wage a war on drag queens instead.

[Samrob]

11. I trust that the women will prevail. nt

[IronLionZion]

12. Republicans tend to include a lot of repressed perverts and abusers

hiding behind the "pro-life" excuse. These people probably cause abortions.

[lindysalsagal]

14. Sorry, but catholic churches are all part of the international

Business. So, if you're attending and financially supporting a local church, you're a collaborator.

[Wounded Bear]

18. I've always thought of the Catholic Church as the first multi-national corporation...nt

[DBoon]

19. I think the Roman Empire was

The Catholic Church just bought it out as part of bankruptcy proceedings, similar to modern hedge funds

yes this is sarcasm

[Skittles]

24. PASSING THE PLATE FOR PEDOPHILES

CORRECT

[Dorian Gray]

16. So if you've been following this story

as I have been, you'd know that he is definitely a creep who has done HIGH questionable things with aborted fetuses. He has definitely been creepy to many younger women who worked as interns. I don't think any of it qualifies as sexual assault. Harassment at work, absolutely. From the accusations, he never had an actual physical or sexual relationship with any of the women accusing him of inappropriate behavior.

I can't read this particular article, so I don't know if there is more information in it. There may be, and if women are accusing him of breaking his vows or sexually assaulting them, then it's even worse.

He was rightfully laicized for disobeying his bishops. (Not for the sexual misconduct, which are still in the accusation stage.... nothing has been done legally about it, from what I've read.)

What's interesting to me is this is being reported across the board. In liberal and more conservative catholic papers/media... they're all saying the same thing. Unfortunately The Daily Beast is the first secular news source where I've seen this referenced, and there is a paywall on it, so I can't read it.

But even Church Militant (who is extreme right wing) is reporting against Pavone, which is really interesting to me.

[niyad]

21. I read the entire article. What a disgusting scumbag he is. The women in the

article recount sexual harassment and basically a hostile working environment, and, although they don't use the word, "grooming".

For those not reading the whole article, he also was involved in the Terry Schiavo insanity, including saying her funeral mass. also involved with Norma McCorvey and kari lake.

[Dorian Gray]

22. There is a Catholic writer

Jenn Morson. She wrote an article for American Magazine (a Jesuit Catholic magazine) about her experience with Pavone. She worked with him and defended him for years, but reading back on other people's experiences she realizes she had been loosely groomed by him.

Nothing really happened with her, but the behaviors are not appropriate for a working relationship, and you see how he crosses boundaries quite easily.

Anyhow, here's the article if you're interested:

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/02/23/frank-pavone-priests-life-abuse-prolife-244792

[niyad]

26. Thank you. I will check it out.

[Dorian Gray]

23. Also, I knew about the Terry Schiavo connection

but had no idea he was involved with Kari Lake.

Now I want to get past hte daily beast paywall.

[niyad]

25. There was no paywall when I clicked on the link.

[Warpy]

17. Is anyone surprised?

Priests, frocked and defrocked, have been sexually assaulting women for nearly 2000 years. In fact, the case that got Thomas Beckett whacked (Murder in the Cathedral) involved a priest accused of rape and protected by Mother Rome.

Nobody much cared about what these guys have been up to until they started attacking little boys.

[niyad]

20. Colour me sooooooo NOT surprised. Well, except for TRAITOR** having a

catholic priest as an advisor.