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Under this category of not being told the truth, you can simply be ignored, or you can be told a bunch of stuff that really only serves as a deflection — a kind of "deflection deception." > > And, of course, a combination of all of that can also be rolled out in a deliberate effort to keep someone in the dark. In the world of so-called Catholic so-called media, the practice of deflection deception is institutionalized policy. In fact, there is almost no difference between the likes of CNN and the run-of-the-mill "Catholic" media. > > CNN deliberately lies, and the Catholic media world deflects, but in the end, the same goal is achieved — you are left without the important truth. Case in point: [this 12-page secret email we've been showing you for the past couple of episodes.](https://churchmilitant.com/pdf/vort-2022-11-30_WiltonEmail.pdf) > > We've attached the link for you to read it for yourselves. We didn't make this up, fabricate or conspire about it. There it is — just click on the link in plain view for anyone to open up and read, especially so-called journalists who claim to be reporting on affairs in the Church. > > The details [laid out in this email](https://churchmilitant.com/pdf/vort-2022-11-30_WiltonEmail.pdf), sent to the nation's bishops 20 years ago by the Catholic Medical Association, are, in a word, explosive. It exposes that the U.S. hierarchy had indeed been warned about the dangers of homosexual men in seminary and the clergy despite their claims otherwise. > > If anything ever qualified as a smoking gun, condemning the bishops' inaction and lies and cover-up, this is it. On the first page, it even recounts that Wilton Gregory, in an international press conference in Rome in April 2002, admitted the sex abuse crisis was owing to homosexuals in the clergy. > > And what did the bishops do? Nothing. Then, two years later, they lied in the infamous John Jay Report and said it didn't have anything to do with that. Here is the proof they were told about all this. > > So now the question must be asked of the Catholic media: > > - EWTN, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Relevant Radio, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Catholic News Agency, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Catholic News Service, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - National Catholic Register, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Our Sunday Visitor, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Ave Maria Radio, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Catholic Answers, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - National Catholic Reporter, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Crux, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - America Magazine, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Zenit, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Catholic Review, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - The Pillar, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Aleteia, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - U.S. Catholic, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - The Tablet, why aren't you reporting this story? > > - Chicago Catholic, why aren't you reporting this story? > > There are dozens more, but the point is well made. The answer to that question is the same for all these outlets: They have a dog in this fight and will not report the truth because it comes back and hurts them. Most of those outfits are completely dependent on staying in the good graces of the bishops. One cross word or report that the bishops have been (and still are) lying profusely about the homosexual problem in their ranks, and they will be out of business. > > Some of those outfits are Marxist "Catholics," and the last thing they want to print is something/anything that runs against their LGBTQ-propaganda narrative — even if it is the truth. Yet truth is the currency of the media. Without it, you have nothing to sell, nothing to beg for donations with. > > People often ask us, **How come the bishops never seem to be accountable** for all this evil and destruction of the Faith? The answer to that question is right here: There are dozens and dozens of so-called media (pretend journalists) who insulate them from criticism. 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