Fred Hiltz: Me Too

#MeToo is an internet placard wielded by those who wish to advertise their disapproval of sexual harassment.

It was on conspicuous display at last night’s Oscars, which is ironic since Hollywood, in its persistent profiting from sexual exploitation, bears an uncanny resemblance to a whorehouse. The Oscars are a yearly self-congratulatory saturnalia of the brothel owners and their accomplices. The producers and directors are the pimps, the actresses – and actors, these days – the prostitutes, and the rest of us the johns, eager to salivate over the latest display of, not Jennifer Lawrence’s talent or intellect since they don’t exist, but the rest of her.

The Anglican Church of Canada in the form of its leader, Fred Hiltz, is embarrassingly eager to demonstrate its relevance by jumping on the latest bandwagon. And, in this case, perhaps it is fitting since the main preoccupation of the church has become sex: homoerotic sex.

Unhappily, #MeToo when brandished by Anglicans has a more poignant ring to it: that of a societal runt, ignored and unchosen, whimpering “me too” as it is left behind, chasing impotently after the cultural fads it can never compete with and for which it is supposed to be a corrective.

From here:

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, identified two ways that the church can respond to #MeToo and help combat sexual misconduct.

Firstly, the church must express its solidarity with those who are coming forward and sharing their experiences.

“I think we need to especially support the front-liners who are breaking the silence and instilling in others the courage to come forward and tell their stories,” the Primate said. Noting the “overwhelming” prevalence of predatory behavior on the part of many men, he added, “I think the church needs to be solidly standing beside women who are coming forward to tell their stories and to demand justice and to look for healing.”

3 thoughts on “Fred Hiltz: Me Too

  1. In the interests of Truth, were not the “front-liners” the victims in the Residential Schools (and not a few non-Residential, as well) who suffered what the Gayspel, now in the falling and fallen Churches who are fully in league with Hollywood, has imposed, and continues to impose, on The Body of Christ?
    Not #MeToo; but rather, #WhoMe?!

  2. We need to clarify our definition of “bishop”. A true bishop is one who upholds the Gospel and the teachings of Scripture – one who is true to the vows made both at his ordination and consecration. What we now have within the ACoC and other apostate divisions within Anglicanism are apostates who believe the authority of Scripture is subject to either majority votes at synod or their individual thinking which, in most cases, has been forced onto the laity who seem to believe that the final authority is the so-called bishop rather than Scripture. The ACoC is clearly run by apostates including the primate and until they repent or are forced out of office the so-called church will descend even more rapidly into the pit of the worship of the “god of political expediency or political correctness” – detestable term in itself.

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