SAN ANGELO (TX)
Hornet
September 8, 2018
By Dan Avery
An Air Force chaplain is accused of blaming the Catholic Church’s ongoing sex-abuse crisis on gay priests, according to a woman who attended his service.
U.S. Air Force Capt. Antonio Rigonan; chaplain at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas; reportedly told parishioners on August 19 that many priests who abused children were “homosexuals” and “effeminate.”
The accusation comes from an officer’s wife who walked out of mass with her family after his comments. She is asking for anonymity to protect her husband’s career.
“I’ve had to talk about a lot of serious things with [our children], who didn’t understand why we were upset,” she told Military.com. “It’s at least been a good message on consent and being aware of other people’s intentions.”
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