Disobedience and pride are grave transgressions The catholic faith had serious and grave transgressions on obedience and pride FIRST the Angels fell from grace and incarcerated due to pride and ambitions, aspirations to be Godlike ADAM too was condemned to sufferring as he disobeyed and blamed the temptation onv Eve ,God given companion . Forgiveness is central pillar of our doctrine of belief, but repentance has to be practiced.Obsession cannot be an alibi or weakness for repeated behaviourval offense When the public functionaries defy the authority of ecclesiastical superiors It is the hight of condemnable disobedience, that cannot be ignored or taken lightly.Defying orders of superiors cannot be enforced by taking recourse to legal means in a religious set up.Patience and perseverance has been mistaken for weakness or to avoid public scandal.It has happened in the past and precedents continue to be followed.Actions has also been taken to show displeasure of unacceptable, public posturing undermining the order of the authorities It is not only protection of an individual, however ,senior, experienced indispensable services might be but the damage that has been inflicted on the establishment ,opponent and community must overide all other considerations.Defying to interact with superiors on request and remaining incommunicado for a long period deliberately has no parallel at all to be ignored The position and the pulpit cannot be used to denigrate, curse, opponents to mental harassment. When an incident involves a new recruit to spiritual services, the verbal harassment and uncharitable humiliating words and actions are demoralizing acts of unpardonable behaviour are in absolute poor taste.That a temporary immediate solution has been found to rehabilitate a junior ,novice assistant , is no consolation to the perpetrators of physical violence through surrogate followers. That the culprit is allowed to continue in office as if all is well without firm action is burying head in sand like the proverbial ostrich The vertical split of society is not an acceptable solution to the laity Action deemed fit in all fairness of justice demands change, if suspension appears to harsh a measure due to paucity of replacement.The authorities in the begining of violent episode engineered by the superior towards new assistant pales into insignificance by silence and restoring status quo of the superior by sacrificing and attaching a scar against newly appointed assistant and without decisive inquiry into the genesis of the incident of physical intimidation of violence where in the society at large was not in agreement and demanded unequivocal change of functionairies.what was the promise of emissaries the to the reaction of Parishioners? There are incidents of disobedience insubordinationthat have been dealt with seriously and also mildly emboldening repeat of behaviour as tolerable There is no place for disobedience which is the central tennet of our belief to be flouted with impunity and be forgiven in such a casual cavallar manner The regular transfers due shortly will remedy the situation or defiance will surface more brazenly citing fixed tenure. The authorities must weigh the feelings of community as against the disobedience of one individual to sacrifice the faith of whole community at large The predicament of eclessusatixal authorities is understandable but being patently unfair to one promotes bias without reasons against the other and treated like a sacrificial lamb to buy short term peace The practice of demanding and securing or rejecting assistants is a abhorable practice agreed by superiors to placate the in charge.The best option is to not to post hereafter those who cannot adjust and accommodate with their subordinates is to be relieved or posted on rhe staff without authority.Scandals of public physical fights under any alibi of ignorance,indifferencec cannot further peaceful Co existence of giving an example for laity to follow of living together
Nelson Lopes Chinchinim