The priest who knew too much…
Will his murder be solved finally?
About ten years ago a priest was found murdered in the hallway of the parish school, his throat had been slit and rumor had it his tongue cut out. His name was Fr. Alfred Kunz, he had been a friend of Fr. John Hardon S.J., a canon lawyer and a priest highly regarded by traditional Roman Catholics. He had been pastor of St. Michael’s in the village of Dane, Wisconsin for 32 years. The revered priest supposedly knew a great deal about the homosexual crises in the clergy.
There are, of course, theories about who might have been behind Fr. Kunz’s murder. The prominent theory is that he was killed because he “knew too much.” About what? About the misconduct of some of his fellow clergy, whom he dealt with extensively. - Matt Abbott
Though the 1998 murder has gone unsolved, police are now saying they have found a person of interest in the slaying, although they do not have enough evidence to arrest the person.
“We certainly believe we were headed in the right direction,” said Lt. Steve Gilmore, who heads the Sheriff’s Office detective bureau. “We just never crossed the threshold where we could bring forth criminal charges.” - The Capital Times
Many traditional faithful in the Midwest are convinced the priest had been murdered to silence him for his supposed evidence against the “lavender mafia” of gay priests and bishops, some of whom had been involved in the sex scandal raging at the time. As far as I know, none of this has been verified.
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March 7th, 2008 at 4:39 am
No, I doubt Matt Abbott would bother to verify anything he can use in his attacks on the Church.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Jeffrey - I don’t really know who Matt Abbott is - I only read his piece on this because it was related to Fr. Kunz. Where I used to work, I heard tons of juicy stories about this case, with big names mentioned - but I wasn’t able to find anything online. Someone should make a movie about it - it could be a thriller.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:40 am
I’ve never read anything anti-Church from Matt Abbott.
March 8th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Nor have I, admittedly the whole team is a little too ‘righter than right’ but the whole Kunz thing is pretty scary - especially after Malachi Martin’s ‘accident’ after years of novelising other ‘accidents’….