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Title: Deception in Catholic Cyberspace: Man posing online as Catholic deacon found to be imposter (sinkspur) (another FR scumbag)
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URL Source: http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6314#6314
Published: Jun 9, 2005
Author: n
Post Date: 2005-06-09 07:06:36 by gengis gandhi
Keywords: Cyberspace:, (sinkspur), Deception
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:05 am Post subject: AQ EXCLUSIVE: Online deacon found to be imposter (sinkspur) Reply with quote
AQ EXCLUSIVE
Deception in Catholic Cyberspace: Man posing online as Catholic deacon discovered to be imposter
By John Grasmeier and Dr. Brian Kopp Angelqueen.org June 6, 2005 Link to original
A Texas man, who for years has been claiming to be an active, permanent Catholic deacon on a popular, conservative online discussion forum has been discovered to be an imposter.
Wearing a self-tailored cyber-robe of a Catholic clergyman, “sinkspur” (his screen-name) would often engage in heated discussions on a variety of church matters such as theology, history, doctrine, canon law and politics, most often taking a left leaning and at times a virulently unorthodox position.
Using his assumed clerical authority and his capital as a high-profile, long-time (7 years) poster, he would argue tenaciously with other members of Free Republic (website) strongly in favor of liberalizing established Church doctrine on issues such as married priests, altar girls, birth control, communion to pro-abortion politicians.
He was a proponent of the notorious “Talking about Touching” (TAT) ¹ program, variants of which are now being implemented (in many cases against the will of parents who are forbidden to opt out) in some Catholic schools. He took an anti-Schindler family stance during the Terri Schiavo controversy and told of how he would attend yoga classes in order to admire the “scenery” provided by the visiting females.
His positions on these issues and many others caused some posters, often to the point of outrage, to wonder why a Catholic deacon would take such seemingly un-Catholic even heterodox positions. He often would be found in the middle of the most vicious flame wars, baiting those with whom he disagreed. Posters often complained about receiving threatening private messages, with sinkspur claiming to to have an "in" with a newly assigned religion moderator. Sinkspur went as far as to lobby the owner and moderators of Free Republic to have the religion forum shut down because it had become too traditional in his view.
Some on the conservative forum harbored suspicions that the antics of their in house “deacon” did not correspond with how a Catholic clergyman should or would behave in a public setting. The majority of posters however trustingly accepted sinkspur’s online identity, not realizing that they were being misled. Exploiting their trust by claiming to be an active member of the Catholic clergy enabled him to take on the mantle of authority, while furthering his often heterodox views.
Sinkspur's "outing" for the most part was his own doing. Over time, he revealed in conversations with other posters information about his line of work and employer. He provided details of real-life associates and family members. He casually informed posters of his home town, parish and diocese. He freely related to others where he went to school and what breeds of dogs he owns. He even posted detailed information on his age, height and weight.
The information he himself provided ², combined with a bit of internet research and a series phone calls, has revealed that
Although he did attend Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas, from 1970 to 1976 and was ordained a transitional deacon in anticipation of becoming a priest, he did not complete his studies and was subsequently laicized after receiving a dispensation in 1979. This dispensation completely removed any and all faculties, thus precluding him from ever representing himself as a deacon or performing any clerical duties whatsoever. Such however did not prevent him from claiming unequivocally to be an active, permanent deacon. Here are a few quotes from just a single day in July of 2004:
I conduct the Penitential Rite, prepare the Gifts, read the Gospel, preach, hold up the chalice at the "To Him, with Him, and In Him.." just prior to the Our Father, prepare the Eucharistic cups, dismiss the assembly. – July 21, 2004
I think the order of deacon is tremendously important; I wouldn't be doing it otherwise. – July 21, 2004
Our bishop has asked us to wear clericals only when performing diaconal duties; he wants to make sure that we are distinguished from priests. – July 21, 2004
Curiously, he had previously documented with his own words the falsehood of his soon to be created online alter-ego, in effect rendering this article moot.
Life-long Catholics, like me who was an ordained deacon back in 1975, left the ministry because I wasn't permitted to marry. – March 22, 2002
Such would explain why he would so forcefully advocate changing Church policy on married priests.
Once, he expressed his opinion on clergy impersonators:
There ought to be some penalty in the Church for impersonating a priest. - June 25, 2002
Under Levitical law, impersonating clergy was punishable by death. Although the consequences are no longer as severe, neither civil law nor canon law looks upon those who falsely present themselves as clergy approvingly. Clergy impersonators have recently been arrested by the Swiss Guard as well as civil authorities. In any case, anyone who falsely claims to be a deacon, priest or bishop is prohibited from becoming a priest without a dispensation, of which would be highly unlikely.
In addition to the faithful being misled, there also exists the issue of damage to the credibility of Diocese of Fort Worth. The employees and clergy within the diocese who were contacted, were not pleased upon discovering that they had someone fraudulently representing them. The Vicar General, Fr. Joseph Schumacher, has stated his intention to have a personal discussion with sinkspur regarding his online vocation.
Editor’s Note:
The purpose of this article is not to bring harm its subject. After much thought and prayer, we've come to the conclusion that it is our duty to ameliorate any false impressions that may have been left with the innocent faithful, in addition to helping to correct any harm that may have been done to the diocese of Fort Worth.
It is our hope that sinkspur (for his own sake) will apologize and confess as is required by the teachings of our Church.
Sinkspur’s identity has been independently confirmed and verified by a variety of very credible sources, including but not limited to the Vicar General of the diocese of Fort Worth. ³ Any personal information contained in this piece has for the most part been provided publicly by he himself. We have considerable further identifying data not revealed here that at this point will only be provided on a need-to-know basis, should (if ever) such a need arise. An example would be if we feel compelled to resolve any critical liability or credibility issues that may develop. Another example would be if sinkspur should challenge our information or continue to falsely represent himself as a deacon.
Sinkspur has been offered more than ample opportunity to respond to these developments - publicly and privately - on many occasions leading up to the publication of this article, but has thus far repeatedly declined. He has at his disposal both authors’ contact information should he wish to dispute any claims contained herein. Further, this article will also be posted on a public forum where he or anyone else may at any time post any information contrary to what has been provided.
¹ “Talking about Touching” is the Planned Parenthood endorsed sex-ed program developed by a group known as the Committee for Children (CFC). The CFC began as a left-wing pro-prostitution advocacy/lobby group known as COYOTE”, an acronym for “Call Off Your Tired Old Ethics”. For more on TAT and the CFC, CLICK HERE..
² A representative number (by no means all) of sinkspur's posts have been documented, dated, time-stamped and linked. To view them CLICK HERE.
³ Father Joseph Schumacher, Vicar General of the Diocese of Fort Worth has personally identified and verified sinkspur as a lay-parishioner in his diocese. To read his response, CLICK HERE.
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Poster Comment:
too funny. jimbro's meatpuppet and sociopath cyber ego-masturbation jamboree. 'got no friends, no social skills, and a physical appearance that causes small children to flee in terror? No problem! Y'all come on over to big Jim's Weirdo and Sociopath Emporium and Cashflow Generator! We've got room for all your posers, losers, dweebs, phonies, cronies, jerks, twerps, and of course, all your religious nutbags....Who needs a real life when you can pretend to be all that you'll never be, you know, happy, successful, appreciated and loved by those around you....y'all tell your friends, now, hear?....Oh yeah, if you had friends, you wouldn't be here.'
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#5. To: gengis gandhi (#4)
He did not seem to last long on LP, needing the protection of JR (who banned everyone who disagrees with Karl Rove).
for some reason, the following text did not post. The information he himself provided ², combined with a bit of internet research and a series phone calls, has revealed that sinkspur is a 53 year old software salesman and part time rodeo announcer/soundman with no official clerical faculties whatsoever. *the rodeo announcer gig allows him to also score with the occasional barnyard beauty. much time is spent trying to remove peanut butter stains from the crotch of his overalls
Whenever people ask me, 'hey, you know what you should do? I always say 'What? Buy a monkey?'
I remember sinkspur from my early days at FR--a real piece of work, typical of the zionazi agent provocatuer. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of Americans couldn’t care less about Israel, Jewish supremacy or the Zionist agenda, so any Zionist troll who claims to be a loyal American is automatically suspect as being something other than what they claim to be. After all, we are all well acquainted with this tactic. Every agent provocateur and agitprop expert wants to create the false impression that there is a groundswell of support for his cause among the general populace. Hence, its entirely natural that Jewish/Zionist activists would pose as gentiles, often with elaborate disguises (Catholics, Army Officers, Marines, Vietnam Vets, WWII vets, you name it). Very often there is a single individual posting under various aliases, claims of nationality, etc. to create the illusion of wide-scale, nay, nearly unanimous support for the cause. After all, lies are the religion of Zionism.
Life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think.
And I, as well. Excellent post and observation.
If you love America, you'll hate Israel.
Perfect robin. This makes for a great thread for sinks greatest lies...err...posts.
How much you want to bet that he was SENT to LP.. that the entire matter of him being on a time out or whatever the hell they call it, was BS..
As I was reading through this thread my thoughts were of all the people on FR & ElPee claiming to be veterans. One could conclude from reading FR that military service in this country is virtually 100% among males, all have served to retirement, all were combat veterans, and all were officers with a few NCOs thrown in. I don't recall any of the self-professed veterans who have admitted to being a private. The preferred branch is the Marines. I'll bet there's more Marines posting on FR & LP than there has been actual Marines since the founding of this country. Almost all of them seem to be a lot more hysterical and animated than any of the actual veterans that I have associated with in the last twenty years, or so, who seem, to me, to lean towards being somewhat withdrawn and brooding, in my limited experience. Please note that I have no problem with veterans, far from it. My beef is with armchair warriors who pretend to have served in an effort to promote ill-conceived conflicts that get real soldiers and sailors killed and maimed for no reason.
Not only that, he was gloating on the first site about getting an Anti Iraq war poster who worked in the Pentagon, outed, and then apparently fired from his job. When questioned about it on the second site, he was unapologetic in the role he played. Essentially dropping a dime on the poster, rightwing2, to his employer, or the Securitat, who apparently got the guy fired.
So you don't believe that I was the first Pope to single-handedly wipe out an entire division of Maoist guerrilas, selling their weapons to raise money for the orphanage I built on my own private island? Whatever...
You were only a lowly pope? I thought you were a god, well...at least a lord-commander.
Good catch. Very suspicious.
What no (grin) or ROTFLMAS??
Hmmm, that did kind of sound like someone we all know.
the story above about Sinkspur being the imposter on a catholic forum is big and the story you showed us about him getting some guy fired for his political views is big. Sinkspur is an idiot.
In 1999, a fake vet was unmasked on FR. His screenname was "Deep in the Hurtgen Forest." But he actually came on and apologized. Sinkspur on the other hand has been absent from FR since June 6.
When questioned about it on the second site, he was unapologetic in the role he played. Essentially dropping a dime on the poster, rightwing2, to his employer, or the Securitat, who apparently got the guy fired. What a f**kstick.. Now the question, how many others on FR etc are the same as this slug.. leaving their trail of slime behind them.. ?
That's a new one, LOL.
Idiot? No.. lowlife yes.
WElll.. hey it takes a new word to describe someone that low..
Classic. Sinkspur is a profoundly worthless piece of grabasstic amphibian shit and it's fitting that he be retired in shame. Now is there anything we can do about Howlin?
This POS is sooooooo good back in about 00 or 01 jimrob received an award from from group at a big dinner in texas. This POS couldn't even be bothered to attend what he said was a dinner in a very short driving distance from where he lived! And that was essentially the POS's story--he couldn't be bothered.... With friends like that, y'all know the story....... I think it was around 99 when I first locked horns with the POS. Back then, he told the board that he had studied for the priesthood but left at the last moment; it had to do, I believe he said, with marriage. He was highly insulted when I suggested that his pro babykilling position was because he had two sons who would/could need the services of BabyKillers,Inc! He was insulted that I indicated he may have 'needed' such services! If anyone remembers blackie........I had the same go-rounds with him. He hated me, too.......LOL. But the truth came out with him........ :(
Near the end of my time on FR- Sinky showed up on a thread about Iraq- in which I was opposed to the war and the whole general WOT (by this time we were a handful of anti war cons left at FR) and he said something like "You still here? Something should be done about that." I was gone a week or so later.
It should be noted that FR has nothing posted on this. LOL.
Really? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....LOL, indeed!
A fraud and a fake discovered on FR! Can't be. Richard W.
*snicker*, I'll just bet they don't.
Of course it hurts, You're getting screwed by an elephant
I was gone a week or so later. really? Too interesting.. anyone that thinks that site is anything other than a tool for the RNC or subversive groups is kidding themselves.
funny :P
14. To: Burkeman1, Goldi-Lox, sinkspur (#0) Goldi, I view this article as an unauthorized disclosure of personal I think this hit piece should be pulled, and Burkeman1 should also be Trace21230 posted on 2005-06-09 21:38:51 ET Reply Trace
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
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I would never have guessed. NOT
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
what? Robert Sentry is Sentry Over America who I met in person in Orlando, FL. Trace claims to be a thirty-something recently barred attorney in MD.
And weasel packer extrodinaire.
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your poster comment..lol...i never paid a bit of attention to sinkspur when i was at FR.
Good lord..
Who IS that dude in your avatar? Why don't you use the "Disco Slut of South Bend" Cunti Rice instead? I'm sure she spends a lot of time telling Chimpy "Yez Baaz!"
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ah okay.. If you read some of the most vehement bots.. they all use the same 'hot button' words..the same tired arguments.. the same talking points.. why some people take the time to debate these people is beyond me when it's so obvious.
Yak yak- little rat snitch. Bozoed long ago. No one takes her idiot complaints seriously as she lobbies to have someone banned every other day.
she?
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#6. To: All (#0)
#7. To: Jethro Tull (#1)
#8. To: Zoroaster (#7)
I remember sinkspur from my early days at FR--a real piece of work, typical of the zionazi agent provocatuer.
#9. To: robin (#3)
#10. To: robin (#5)
He did not seem to last long on LP, needing the protection of JR (who banned everyone who disagrees with Karl Rove).
#11. To: Zoroaster (#7)
often with elaborate disguises (Catholics, Army Officers, Marines, Vietnam Vets, WWII vets, you name it).
I can either drink, or I can weep.
I find drinking to be much more subtle.
#12. To: Zipporah (#10)
he was SENT to LP..
#13. To: Esso (#11)
#14. To: Dakmar (#13)
I can either drink, or I can weep.
I find drinking to be much more subtle.
#15. To: Esso (#11)
I don't recall any of the self-professed veterans who have admitted to being a private. The preferred branch is the Marines.
#16. To: Dakmar (#13)
So you don't believe that I was the first Pope to single-handedly wipe out an entire division of Maoist guerrilas, selling their weapons to raise money for the orphanage I built on my own private island? Whatever...
#17. To: tom007 (#16)
#18. To: swarthyguy (#12)
#19. To: robin, Esso (#15)
I've seen their ways too often for my liking.
#20. To: swarthyguy (#12)
Not only that, he was gloating on the first site about getting an Anti Iraq war poster who worked in the Pentagon, outed, and then apparently fired from his job.
#21. To: Zipporah (#20)
f**kstick
#22. To: Red Jones (#18)
Sinkspur is an idiot.
#23. To: Dakmar (#21)
#24. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
#25. To: Zipporah, Esso, Jethro Tull (#20)
#26. To: Zipporah (#20)
#27. To: rowdee (#25)
#28. To: Burkeman1 (#27)
#29. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
#30. To: rowdee (#28)
#31. To: Burkeman1 (#26)
Near the end of my time on FR- Sinky showed up on a thread about Iraq- in which I was opposed to the war and the whole general WOT (by this time we were a handful of anti war cons left at FR) and he said something like "You still here? Something should be done about that."
#32. To: gengis gandhi (#4)
loserness
#33. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
information. Sinkspur is an LP poster.
sanctioned and permanently prevented from posting new articles.
#34. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#33)
#35. To: toddbrendanfahey (#34)
He's a government agent. Bonafide.
#36. To: toddbrendanfahey (#34)
#37. To: christine, Crack Monkey, *LP Fag Funnies* (#36)
Trace claims to be a thirty-something recently barred attorney in MD.
Yez, Baaz!
#38. To: christine (#36)
#39. To: gengis gandhi (#0)
#40. To: toddbrendanfahey (#38)
Anyway, "Robert Sentry" is not his real name. He admitted as such while at EtherZone; said he had to use a pseudonym because he worked in government. &, yes, "Sentry Over America" was his previous handle.
#41. To: Flintlock (#37)
I can either drink, or I can weep.
I find drinking to be much more subtle.
#42. To: Zipporah (#40)
#43. To: toddbrendanfahey (#42)
#44. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#33)
#45. To: Burkeman1 (#44)
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