EP 52 Scary Business in Lansing, by Jay McNally • ChurchMilitant.com • October 29, 2021 - Commentary

<p>The problem is Bp. Boyea, like many of the bishops who have come out of the archdiocese of Detroit, has demonstrated he favors the homosexual network. In this short space, and on a tight deadline, I will list some examples demonstrating that&nbsp;Boyea's leadership on the matter of homosexuality in the priesthood has been a disaster, and, if history is any guide for the future, it may be exponentially worse on the national level if he has a prominent leadership role.</p> <p>Boyea's leadership on the matter of homosexuality in the priesthood has been a disaster.</p> <p>The most damning information about Bp. Boyea comes from&nbsp;the text of a long, typed complaint of criminal sexual assault made in 2018 to the Michigan State Police (MSP) by one of Fr. Mark Inglot's victims of sex abuse — whose name is not being published here. He has been identified by the diocese of Lansing&nbsp;as a "male coworker."</p> <p>The MSP provided only a heavily redacted copy of the 12-page complaint through the FOIA process; it&nbsp;rejected two appeals for unredacted information. Nevertheless, I received a photocopy of most of the unredacted police report thanks to the efforts of a State Police employee whose name is not going to be revealed.</p> <figure><img alt="Image" src="https://www.churchmilitant.com/images/social_images/2019-02-22_Inglot.jpg" width="172" height="200"/>Fr. Inglot</figure> <p>It is important to know that Fr. Inglot's homosexuality was well known before he was named pastor — 21 years ago — of what is widely considered the most important and powerful parish in the whole diocese, St. Thomas Aquinas in Lansing. He boasted of his efforts to expand the reach of homosexualist&nbsp;group Dignity throughout the diocese and especially into the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He was also the director of seminarians in the 1990s.</p> <p>In July 2001, almost exactly 20 years ago, The Wandererpublished a long article, written by me, under the byline "Special to the Wanderer," about the Lansing diocese's effort to begin