Recently posted on the Catacombs by "Remy":
(From an email)
Summary of Fr. Pfeiffer’s catechism toward Bishop Ambrose Moran:
Bishop Ambrose Moran was baptized catholic in the Catholic Church of the Roman Rite (proved by an authentic Catholic Baptismal certificate).
He was raised Catholic.
He entered a catholic seminary; fulfilled his seminary pre-ordination three year teaching assignment (proved by news clippings and more). ambrosemoran.wordpress.com/
In 1974, Ordained a priest by an orthodox bishop (Bishop Ilnytskyy).
Bishop Ilnytskyy was a bishop of the "Autocephalous Ukrainian-Orthodox
Church of America", and when he ordained a Father William
Ambrose Moran in the Catholic chapel there in Long Island, he ordained him as a
Catholic priest and he functioned as a Catholic priest under a Catholic
Bishop Boretsky serving with jurisdiction incardinated into the Toronto
Canada Diocese (proved by an incardination letter, Ibid ).
In 1975, he accepted to serve with jurisdiction under Cardinal Slipyj in Rome (news clippings prove this, Ibid ).
In 1975, he was conditionally re-ordained by Cardinal Slipyj; received the customary Adamencium (signed Greek Corporal, Ibid).
In 1976, he consecrated bishop twice; once in secret by Cardinal Slipyj
earlier in that year (supplied by circumstantial evidence, Ibid ); the second was
in July 1976 verified by a certificate of consecration and historical
accounts within an Ukrainian Cathedral in Chicago by an unprecedented
eight bishops.
Bishop Ambrose Moran served as a Ukrainian Bishop under the auspices of the
title “Autocephalous Ukrainian-Orthodox Church of America”. Remembering
the historical union between the Orthodox Bishop Hryhorij, who
established a USA jurisdiction in 1942, and was a bishop who devoted his
whole life trying to unite the Ukrainian church and separate it from
the Russian and Greek churches. He was friends with Cardinal Slipyj,
and worked with Cardinal Slipyj, to try to separate his orthodox
jurisdiction making it into a quasi-jurisdiction with the Ukraine (hence
the title of the jurisdiction “Autocephalous Ukrainian-Orthodox Church
of America” ) allowing one of Bishop Hryhorij’s priests of his
jurisdiction, or Bishop of his jurisdiction, to draw a union with the
Ukrainians under Cardinal Slipyj. In consequence, the “Autocephalous
Ukrainian-Orthodox Church of America” was divided into two parts, one
was in union with Cardinal Slipyj, the other one was not, yet all under
auspice title “Autocephalous Ukrainian-Orthodox Church of America”.
And we have it there in the documents of the Santa Sophia in Rome that
Cardinal Slipyj accepted Bishop Ambrose Moran under his jurisdiction. Hence,
the appearance of “orthodox”, but existing as an Ukrainian Bishop in
jurisdiction under Cardinal Slipyj under the quasi-Orthodox Metropolitan
trying to draw a Ukrainian union through Cardinal Slipyj and Bishop
Hryhorij. One may say ecumenical in outward practice, but through
Cardinal Slipyj life’s work with the Catholic Ukraine and Orthodox, it
was a gain as a conduit for the orthodox to come back to the Catholic
Church. (See Fr. Pfeiffer’s extended comments on this)
In 1983, Bishop Ambrose Moran was appointed the Metropolitan and successor to
the orthodox Bishop Hryhorij. This is where the question or concerns or
doubts come in from the people is primarily that, the word Orthodox is
continually used. However the name of the jurisdiction established in
1942 was called the “Autocephalous Ukrainian-Orthodox Church of
America”. So now it is led under the Ukrainian Bishop, Bishop Ambrose Moran’s
control, in union with Cardinal Slipyj. This is where we heard in a
sermon by Bishop Ambrose Moran (at OLMC) that he has jurisdiction from Cardinal
Slipyj, who himself had received it from Rome to work undercover in
communist countries to establish Catholic states and jurisdictions.
In the following years later however under the tried for union of the
“Autocephalous Ukrainian-Orthodox Church of America” (1970’s – and early
80’s), the union to the Ukraine catholic religion did not succeed. The
subsequent meetings turned into a big disaster and they separated once
again. No thanks to Vatican II promoting each religion to remain as
they are. Which fostered more distrust with Cardinal Slipyj against
modern rome to secretly ordain and consecrate more Catholic priests and
bishops
Summary to the main accusations:
Q. “He was ordained a priest and/or consecrated a bishop by an orthodox bishop”.
A. Canon law states clearly a baptized catholic who receives a
sacrament with good intention from an orthodox priest or bishop receives
the sacrament and does NOT receive the penalty. Further it states, if
there was any ‘suspension’ to the new priest or bishop, it is reversed
once officially accepted and assigned a mission in the Church. Father
William Ambrose Moran was truly ordained a catholic priest and served under the
jurisdiction of a Catholic Bishop within the Catholic Church. Many
certificates, documents, newspaper articles and photos show this (Ibid).
Q. “There are alleged ‘forged signatures and doctored photos’”.
A. This was already explained in Fr. Pfeiffer’s talk. It is
understandable through the layers of administration and corrections
inherent to sacramental records needing corrective dates…unable to fix
otherwise. Regarding any ‘doctored photos’ without forensic evidence
remains only an allegation. However, given a doubt by relying only on
face value and subjective thought, one can ponder too if Bishop Ambrose Moran
felt he later needed to have some other verification to his receiving a
SECRET consecration from Cardinal Slipyj and done so to “prove” his
consecration. Think 1980’s and the Vatican II world. One can
speculate. Still, these are only secondary questions that do not outweigh the primary
verification of a certificate of consecration elevating Bishop Ambrose
Moran to the Episcopacy documented on July 1976 within the Ukrainian
Cathedral signed by the eight consecrating bishops. This makes him a
true valid bishop of the Catholic Church.
Q. “But why two consecrations?” A. There could be reason
Cardinal Slipyj joined this conditional consecration to meet the needs
of the Ukrainian faithful wanting to see a visual consecration than the
prior secret one he gave months ago to Bishop Ambrose Moran so to appease the
Ukrainian movement helping to bring the orthodox in union with them
(isn’t that what people are asking for now, a visual consecration?,
Ironic). Moreover, there is a document that suggests this, archived
within the Ukrainian Cathedral in Chicago verified by a letter (in the
Ukraine language) addressed by the orthodox bishop, Bishop Hryhorij, to
the eight consecrating bishops, stating father William Ambrose Moran, Bishop
Ambrose Moran, was already consecrated earlier that summer by Cardinal
Slipyj. This also confirms the knowledge of that secret consecration by
Bishop Ambrose Moran to be true.
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Assuming the above to be true, a few things come to my mind:
- If Moran was baptised and reared Catholic, why would he study for and be ordained orthodox?
- How can he be a teacher at a school, in lay clothing, if he was supposedly a seminarian at the same time?
- Why would he feel a need to be consecrated twice? I understand what was written, but why then, after the second consecration, did he continue acting as an orthodox bishop?
- If Moran was elevated to Metropolitan and successor to the orthodox Bishop Hryhorij, why is there no definitive proof even in a memoir or journal of some kind left by b. Hryhorij? The same question applies to Cardinal Slipyj.
- Doctored photos are still doctored photos. The end never justifies the means.
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The catacombs admins then states:
"Seeing what Remy has written here has me very concerned to see the Orthodox interwoven throughout so much of Bp. Ambrose’s life.
"Which in turn begs begs the question, what has the bishop been doing from 1983 until 2015? It would be helpful if this part of his curriculum vitae were expanded upon."
The Catacombs admin poses a good question: Where is Moran's public life as a supposed Catholic bishop these last 30 years?
The answer, at least in part, is that he was busy being consecrated by and consecrating at a non-Catholic non-orthodox cult Colorado.
"It was from “Bishop” Gregory that I obtained Ambrose Moran’s Orthodox consecration certificate. Ambrose Moran presented it as evidence that he was an Orthodox bishop. He also presented this letter." - EcclesiaMilitans.
http://www.ecclesiamilitans.com/2007_11_11_Letter_Ambrose_Moran_to_Bishop_Gregory.pdf [Caution, auto download.]
In this letter, written by Moran himself, Moran says he regrets all his doings outside the orthodox church and requests acceptance into the GOCA. He then ends with: "I desire to end my life in communion only with true Orthodox Christians."
According to an orthodox website Moran was, yet again, conditionally consecrated. This time, he was consecrated bishop of the GOCA (by an orthodox who was kicked out of the orthodox church 2004). "The GOCA is truly from their own admission what people worldwide have been claiming– a “personal church”, and not a single Bishop there has a right to ordain a [orthodox] priest, let alone each other."
https://nftu.net/gregory-of-colorados-single-handed-consecration-dont-let-the-kiousites-find-out/
After this non-Catholic non-orthodox consecration of Moran, Moran then consecrated a non-catholic non-orthodox bishop for the GOCA cult.
https://www.gocamerica.org/photos-consecration-bpjohn-2008-01.shtml
This does not sound like the actions of a Catholic to me, much less a Catholic bishop, and true Faithful of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church would do well to steer clear of Moran and all who support him.
I would encourage the Catacombs admin and all Faithful to review the excellent in-depth research and irrefutable hard evidence under "Moran" on ecclesiamilitans.com.
