Polish priest slams laws of "Jewish bankers"

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6008408&cKey=1124044519000

GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - A Polish priest who was once banned from preaching for anti-Semitic remarks lashed out on Sunday at laws made by "Jewish bankers", during celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the anti-communist Solidarity union.

Former trade union leaders, including several prominent politicians, had gathered in the Baltic port city of Gdansk to celebrate the anniversary of the shipyard strike launching a movement that would shake the foundations of the communist system.

Father Henryk Jankowski, who participated in the strikes and for a time was confessor and confidant of union leader and democracy icon Lech Walesa, made his remarks at a mass that began the celebrations.

"The recommendations of Brussels commissars and Washington economic gurus are threatening Poland's identity and sovereignty," he said from the pulpit.

"We are filled with horror when laws are imposed upon us that are thought up by anti-Catholic Masons, Jewish bankers and hell-born atheistic socialists."

[swag]

1. Say, there's some helpful talk.

[ret5hd]

3. hahahaha...gotta watch out for those hell born atheistic socialists...

i guess i know cause i is one.

raised catholic, 9 yrs catholic school...know what they did wrong? THEY TAUGHT ME TO THINK! guess they didn't plan on that.

[msongs]

2. what did he say about the catholic priest child molestors? n/t

[Agnomen]

5. not much

Jankowski was removed from his parish during the investigation of alleged altar boy molestation few months ago.

[WildClarySage]

4. Alrighty!!!!!!!!! I finally figured out what I am (spiritually speaking)

I'm a hell-born atheistic socialist!!!

[sakabatou]

11. So am I

Comrade! Let's celebrate with Manneshvitz!

[TahitiNut]

6. Sounds like an O'puss-filled Deist

:eyes: :shrug:

[Scurrilous]

10. Sounds like the parish idiot...

From the link:

"Jankowski has a reputation for anti-Semitic remarks, including a 1997 incident that led to him being banned from preaching for a year.

Former Solidarity activist Bogdan Lis said Jankowski had lost his credibility, comparing him to a small-town eccentric who shocks outsiders but is ignored by locals.

"Every country has its curiosities. Monsignor Jankowski, despite his merits in August 1980 -- and he should take part in the celebrations, as someone connected to those events -- later somehow evolved into a kind of local oddity," Lis told Reuters."

[manic expression]

13. Just for a year?

He should be banned from preaching for the rest of his pitiful life. There is no excuse or reason for such base beliefs and hatred.

Echoes of the Nazis.... :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Jim Sagle]

7. Father Coughlin rides again! Yee hah!

[Psephos]

9. Wow, how true... n/t

[TahitiNut]

12. Ahhh, yes. One of our local 'heroes.'

I live in Shrine (of the Little Flower) parish. My nephew went to Shrine High School. I'm old enough to remember the days after WW2 and after he went off the air. I knew kids who attended his masses. He had LOTS of support: Henry Ford, Charles Lindberg, etc. They loved Hitler and were very enamored with fascism.

[Rich Hunt]

8. smells fishy

Sure sounds like he didn't belong in the church in the first place...just like all of those "molestors", real or imagined.

What was that about a free-thinking Catholic education? I had one, too, but you're not supposed to know about that, either. Don't bother explaining differing tendencies within the church....they're all child molesting, gay-bashing Nazis who have no business in the Democratic Party and who shouldn't run for public office.

It's the oldest story in the country, but don't expect our public education system to tell it.

[HuckleB]

22. Thanks.

The generalizations made in reply to this were a bit overboard. Your post adds some much needed balance.

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. This is no surprise. Polish catholics have a not too friendly

history with the Jews. And it has always been centered around banking and finance. It is documented pretty well in the film "Shoah".

[Mika]

16. Much the same crap that Lech Walesa was spewing running for Prez. n/t

[Isere]

17. As they say in Polish,

"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!"

How sad.

[Dogmudgeon]

15. Is that why I can't get a loan?

I thought it was because I'm broke.

--p!

[Javaman]

18. Hey wasn't the last pope polish?

[wallwriter]

19. Yeah, but wasn't the last Pres. of the U.S. an American Christian, too?

[struggle4progress]

20. Unfortunately, the holocaust didn't end in Poland immediately ..

.. after the defeat of the Germans in WWII. It's a really disgraceful chapter in Polish history ...

[emad]

21. 'God's Banker' Roberto Calvi:

P2 Lodge Grand Master recently said that Calvi's murder was masterminded in Poland.