I'll see impeachment and raise you HERESY
This entry originally appeared in The Black Republican.
A Los Angeles canon lawyer has filed suit against John Kerry for heresy in ecclesiastical court.
Mr. Balestrieri said he filed the heresy charge - plus an additional complaint charging "harm" to himself as a result of Mr. Kerry's pronouncements on abortion and related issues - because canon law entitles Catholics to "possession of the faith unharmed."You can view the complaint and join the suit at De Fide.
"By spreading heresy, he is endangering not just mine by every Catholic's possession of the faith," he said."I am inviting all baptized Catholics who feel injured by Kerry to join the suit as third parties" by reading the document on the Web site and then sending a certified letter of agreement to the Boston Archdiocese.
"People are saying you can be pro-choice and be a good Christian, that it is not contrary to the faith to support aborted murder," Mr. Balestrieri said. "This is a life-threatening heresy."
"Bishops have had 31 years [since the Supreme Court made abortion an individual right] to do something on this matter, but they've done nothing," he said.
(hat tip Mark Shea, good analysis by Fr. Rob Johansen)