Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 22, 2022 / 15:40 pm (CNA).
Travis Clark, formerly a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, pled guilty Monday to a felony count of obscenity for his actions in filming pornographic material with two hired women atop the altar of Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Pearl River, Louisiana.
Clark admitted his guilt as part of a plea deal in the state district court in Covington, Louisiana.
Clark received a suspended three-year prison sentence, three years supervised probation and a $1,000 fine, WAFB.com reported.
On Sept. 30, 2020, the now-defrocked priest was arrested, along with the two women involved. A bystander called the police after seeing the lewd actions occurring while passing by the church windows. When authorities arrived at the scene, they removed Clark, the two women, multiple articles of sexual paraphernalia as well as lights and recording devices.
In the wake of the arrest, Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans called Clark’s behavior “obscene,” “deplorable,” and “demonic.” Aymond ordered the burning and replacement of the desecrated altar.
The two women arrested with Clark pled guilty in July to misdemeanor counts of institutional vandalism. Both received two years probation. One of the women refers to herself as “Satanatrix” and had posted on social media the day before that she planned to “defile a house of God.”
Though the desecrated altar had to be destroyed, the Archdiocese of New Orleans released a statement at the time saying that, “there was no desecrating of the Blessed Sacrament” and that no other sacred vessels were known to be involved.
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As Archbishop Aymond says almost in passing the immoral act upon an altar is satanic. A satanic rite of worship.
Although the Church has suffered the intrusion of evil men [and women] for centuries it appears more of this abomination is occurring during a time when same sex relations are popularized outside and within the Church. Although some may argue there is no connection with that and LGBT, there is arguably a nexus. And as well is the sexual exploitation of our children, Balenciaga advertising tots involved in sexual bondage. Our culture increasingly permissive, hostile to the very meaning of purity and innocence begs for divine retribution.
Which Seminary did this guy study in. The rest of the graduates from this Seminary should be vetted as apparantly this smoke of satan somehow got in easily. Was he let in a part of a plot to harm the Church ?.Are there many others of his kind that has entered the Church through the same Seminary ?.
My prayers for those in the church which can not discern whats going on in our church and are not taking care of the flock as Jesus did, Satan has come into the church all the way from the top to the button and have put thousands up on thousands out of Jesus church , because of all the bad evil being aloud in the church and only a slap on the hand.. Jesus is coming and they all will pay , how sad they do not know the king of king, but the laity does and the lord will save his church by their prayers.