For a bit of Friday silliness, a plaintiff in a bankruptcy case in Minnesota is apparently claiming that the evil, murderous Catholic Church is the source of his woes:
Referring to a bankruptcy judge and other court employees as “dirty Catholics,” a Minnesota attorney said in a bankruptcy filing that “across the country the court systems and particularly the Bankruptcy Court in Minnesota are composed of a bunch of ignoramus, bigoted Catholic beasts that carry the sword of the church.”
“Catholic deeds throughout the history have been bloody and murderous,” added the memorandum, which was signed by bankruptcy attorney Rebekah Nutt, who said that the views were those of her client, a company that ran gas stations and convenience stores. Nutt added that she did not write the words that bear her signature.
It is illustrative to point out that anti-Catholicism remains quite rabid in certain circles. While we can all read the signs of the times and fear that the Catholic Church may be headed to another persecution because of an increasingly anti-Christian, hedonist, paganist culture, specific instances like this are not as common as they used to be. Or, at least, those who hold such views are more circumspect in expressing them. But in a fair percentage of pentecostal, fundamentalist, or evangelical types (not to mention out and out atheists, wiccans, pagans, etc.,), there is a certain strain of anti-Catholicism that runs quite deep. But sometimes the expressions of such are just plain silly, as in this case. Poor guy probably lost his business and is looking for someone to blame. Still, it’s not exactly comfiting to see such an outburst. They’re out there, folks.