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Father James Flynn shows up Sunday for 7:30 Sunday Mass with body guard in violation of Bishop’s decree against allowing laity to attend

FORT WORTH, Texas (June 5, 2023) – Father James Flynn, pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Keller, Texas, arrived yesterday, Sunday, June 5, 2023, for the 7:30 a.m. Mass for the Carmelite nuns at the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington accompanied by a body guard who works for the diocese Michael Short, director of security.

Due to the recent decree of Bishop Michael Olson that prohibited Catholic laity from attending Mass at the Monastery, the nuns informed Father Flynn that he was welcome inside to perform Mass, but that bodyguard Short would not be allowed entrance. The constitutions for the Discalced Carmelites also forbid the entrance into their inner enclosure.

Bishop Olson’s decree specifically states the following: “Given the pending lawsuit, Mass will remain closed to the participation of the lay faithful for the time being. The only Mass intention will be for the restoration of peace and good order of the Monastery.”

“These Carmelite sisters have been here for more than 70 years without any incident,” said Matthew Bobo, attorney for the nuns. “How in the world does Bishop Olson defend his decision to deny the sisters their canonical right to the sacraments while at the same time violating his own decree prohibiting Catholic laity to assist at Holy Mass there? Does the Bishop really believe that Father Flynn was in personal danger from the Sisters such that he needed a bodyguard?” Bobo asked.

Father Flynn reportedly told the nuns that Bishop Olson had stipulated that Flynn would not be able to offer Holy Mass (on the Monastery’s patronage feast day of Holy Trinity Sunday) without being accompanied by the bodyguard.

Canon law requires that any written decision to be implemented in the external forum must be set forth in writing and the recipient duly notified. Bishop Olson enacted this last minute condition without complying with the requirements of canon law.

 

 

***I called late Sr. Wilhelmina a Carmelite, when she was a Benedictine***

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Open Letter to Bishop Michael Olson on the case of Carmelite nuns of the Most Holy Trinity and its Reverend Mother

Your Excellency: You have repeatedly and publicly accused the Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of violating her vow of chastity with a priest. What is the specific allegation you have found the Reverend Mother guilty of? Because you have defamed Mother Superior publicly now on multiple occasions, please do provide the specifics.

What specific proof do you have to substantiate your unilateral decision to find her guilty and dismiss her from the Order of Carmelite Nuns? You cite Canon 695 as your rationale. Was the crime so heinous that the Reverend Mother could not be amended or restored?

Michael Podhajsky is the canon lawyer handpicked by you after your rejection of four Church canonical representatives of her choice to represent her canonical rights as a Catholic.

Does Podhajsky even know what the allegation, crime or sin is that she is being accused of? If not, then how could he possibly provide any type of defense for the Reverend Mother?

But that was never truly your intention for her to have an objective canonical representative of her choice, was it Your Excellency?

If the investigation for which the sisters were never properly advised was a true investigation and is truly concluded, then why do you remain in control of the Reverend Mother’s and the monastery’s private personal and financial information and refuse to return it to her? If the investigation is over, then why are you still punishing the lay faithful by continuing to withhold Mass and keeping the monastery closed to them?

Finally, dear Bishop, from whom did you receive a report on April of 2023 that led to your investigation? And perhaps you might also be gracious enough to tell us all how was that report obtained?

Will you, dear Bishop, father and pastor of the flock of 1 million Catholics in the Diocese of Fort Worth, in a spirit of transparency and truth resembling our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his apostles from whom you derive your authority, answer these questions?

Or will you instead cling to earthly goods and continue to defame the Reverend Mother publicly, maintain control over her life with your little tittle rules of men such as when and where she can walk and to whom and when she may speak?

Will you maintain control over her only true earthly possessions such as hers and the monastery’s private, personal, medical and financial information? Does this information provide you access to a donor’s list of Catholics who have substantial earthly means?

Is this example the spirit of Pentecost? Is it the spirit that Jesus Christ left when he ascended into heaven who he promised to his apostles from whom you are ordered?

The Reverend Mothers’ canon lawyers are confident that this entire process is null and void.

And regardless of the canonical process, Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes remains steadfast in her trust in the state of Texas justice system and its laws that protect the rights of all of its citizens including a cloistered nun of 25 years who entered the monastery following her graduation from Ursuline Academy in Dallas.

She is hopeful and confident that the civil law will protect her from your outrageous and illegal actions taken over the past several weeks.