"Cardinal Dolan endorses Fr. James Martin’s new LGBT activism group"

"Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York recently gave a strong endorsement of Fr. James Martin’s activism and the dissident Jesuit’s new LGBT group 'Outreach.'

In a letter dated May 5 and published late last month by Outreach, Dolan praised the organization, which Martin launched this year, describing it as 'an important ministry' ahead of its annual conference in June.

'Thanks for the chance to greet you as you gather for the Outreach 2022 conference at Fordham University,' Dolan wrote. 'No one should ever feel that they are alienated from God’s love or ineligible for His grace and mercy.'...

The cardinal concluded by expressing his hope that the conference, which featured transgender and homosexual activists and prominent dissident Catholics, would 'strengthen you.'

Martin launched Outreach at the beginning of May in partnership with America Media, which publishes the U.S. Jesuits’ America magazine. The group has particularly pushed for churches to support LGBT 'pride' month, which often involves aggressive sexualization of young children and public displays of nudity and sex acts.

In his letter, Cardinal Dolan commended Outreach for allegedly working for 'the virtue of chastity,' though nothing on the group’s website affirms Catholic doctrine on chastity and Martin has claimed that homosexuals do not need to live chastely.

Martin has also notably encouraged same-sex 'marriages,' suggested that Catholic teaching about the sinfulness of homosexual acts is not 'authoritative,' and recently appeared to defend giving puberty blockers to children with gender dysphoria...

The Outreach conference included numerous high-profile pro-LGBT Catholic figures, such as Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, who has joined 'pride blessing' ceremonies and attacked the Church’s teaching on homosexuality...

One of the keynote speakers of the conference was Fr. Bryan Massingale, an openly homosexual priest and Fordham University professor who supports same-sex 'marriage' and has denied the existence of absolute moral laws...

Among the most egregious speakers was Dr. Colt St. Amand, a woman who presents herself as a 'transgenderqueer Two Spirit man.' St. Amand, a psychologist, provides 'mental health letters' for 'face, chest/breast, and genital surgeries' for 'transgender' clients and assists them to obtain puberty blockers and 'transition in school,' her website states.

According to Martin, Cardinal Dolan had previously lent his support to a pro-LGBT conference that the dissident priest had planned for 2020 but which was postponed due to COVID-19. A video featuring speakers who were set to address the event predictably included challenges to Catholic sexual ethics.

Dolan’s endorsement of Outreach follows similar backing from Pope Francis, who wrote a letter to Martin in May published through Outreach condemning Catholics’ alleged 'rejection' of people who identify as LGBT."