When I moved cross-country in 2023, I contracted with a moving company that advertised low prices, only to learn they engaged in fraud, which required me to file suit against them in court. Had I researched the company better, I would have discovered that their quoted price was too good to be true, and that they defrauded several other customers as well. Had I read the negative reviews the moving company received, I would have learned from the mistakes of others, and I never would have booked with them.
When someone recently sent me an article entitled “More than 200 Young Men Attend St. Joseph’s Day for Vocations,” I realized that I’m not the only one who failed to undertake “due diligence,” defined as “the careful research, investigation, and verification of facts before making a major decision.” Unlike my failure to undertake due diligence by not reading moving company reviews, which had financial consequences, the failure of New York Catholic parents to research those who sponsored the vocation event may cost them the lives of their sons. Let me explain.
After multiple researchers (Father Darius Oko, Father Paul Sullins, and Richard Sipe) have confirmed a link between clerical sexual abuse and the large percentage of homosexual Catholic clergy, one would think that any intelligent Catholic would be careful in allowing his son or daughter to be entrusted into the hands of American-born priests and nuns, the majority of whom today are not heterosexually oriented. Even though the vocation event did not include an overnight stay, there are several “red flags” New York Catholics should have seen before entrusting their sons to Father George Sears, the director of vocations for the Archdiocese of New York.
Father Sears was reported for preying on seminarians, an accusation that the New York Archdiocese and the Brooklyn Diocese failed to investigate and covered up. Had New York Catholic families watched Preying for Vocations? detailing abuse allegations against Sears, I doubt that they would have allowed their sons to attend this event.
If I were Sears, and if I were innocent of the allegations reported in the video, I would immediately deny them and insist on an investigation, not to mention bringing defamation charges against the former seminarian who made the police report against me. However, if I were guilty and perhaps abused several other seminarians, I would keep quiet and hope that no major media source would report the accusations.
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