The Betrayal of Catholic Charity: Ohio Nursing Home Scandal Exposes Ecclesial Apostasy

The Catholic News Agency reports on the impending closure of House of Loreto nursing home in Ohio following its sale by the Congregation of the Divine Spirit to Hari Group LLC. Attorney General Dave Yost’s investigation revealed “widespread care failures” including medication mismanagement and resident neglect under new ownership. Youngstown “Bishop” David Bonnar expressed sadness while distancing the conciliar sect from responsibility, despite the diocese facilitating the transfer to secular management. This scandal exposes the post-conciliar church’s abandonment of caritas Christi (the charity of Christ) in favor of bureaucratic buck-passing.

Sacrilegious Surrender of Sacred Trust

The sisters’ 68-year ministry – established at Bishop Emmet Walsh’s request in 1957 – constituted a opus Dei (work of God) requiring perpetual protection. Canon Law 1492 §2 mandates that ecclesiastical goods serving charitable works retain their sacred purpose: “Pious wills, whether made orally or in writing, must be fulfilled most carefully.” The diocese’s press release admits the facility was “no longer under Catholic control after the sale,” violating Pius XI’s warning that “charitable works belong to the Church by absolute right” (Quas primas, 1925).

“Their ministry at the House of Loreto was a profound witness to the Gospel… It is painful to see their legacy overshadowed by the serious concerns that have emerged under the new ownership.”

Bonnar’s mealy-mouthed lament ignores the conciliar sect’s complicity. The Second Council of Lyons (1274) decreed religious communities administering hospitals must maintain perpetual control. By transferring governance to a secular LLC, the diocese committed institutional apostasy – treating the nursing home as mere real estate rather than corpus mysticum (mystical body) of Christ’s charity.

Theology of Abandonment

The facility’s mission statement – claiming to help seniors “navigate life’s later chapters” – epitomizes naturalism condemned by Pius X: “Modernists place the foundation of religious philosophy in that doctrine which is usually called Agnosticism” (Lamentabili sane, 1907). Contrast this with the nuns’ original raison d’être: preparing souls to “stand on the threshold of heaven” through sacramental care.

State inspectors documented:

No director of nursing
Improper medication administration
Denied pain relief
Repeated resident falls

These “widespread care failures” flow inevitably from secularization. As Leo XIII declared: “When a society is perishing, the wholesome advice to give to those who would restore it is to recall it to the principles from which it sprang” (Rerum Novarum, 1891). The conciliar sect has forgotten that Catholic institutions exist ad maiorem Dei gloriam (for the greater glory of God), not as negotiable assets.

Diabolical Disorientation in Church Governance

The diocese’s March 2025 announcement omitted critical red flags about the facility’s condition – a bureaucratic deception mirroring Vatican II’s subsistit in equivocations. Canon Law 1291 requires bishops to consult the Apostolic See before alienating ecclesiastical goods exceeding specified values. Did Bonnar seek Rome’s approval? The question is moot – Bergoglio’s antipapacy hasn’t occupied Peter’s throne since Angelo Roncalli’s heresies.

This debacle fulfills Pius X’s prophecy: “The Modernists pass judgment on the Holy Fathers of the Church even as they do upon tradition. The conscience is to be freed from the food with which the Church would nourish it” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907). By outsourcing corporal works of mercy to secular operators, the conciliar sect proves its identity as the “abomination of desolation” (Matthew 24:15).

Requiem for Dying Faith

House of Loreto’s namesake – the Holy House of Nazareth miraculously transported to Loreto – symbolizes domestic holiness. That this shrine to the Holy Family’s hidden life has become a chamber of neglect reveals the conciliar sect’s spiritual bankruptcy. As Yost correctly notes, residents face “real and present danger” – not just physically, but spiritually, deprived of Last Rites and Eucharistic sustenance.

The “deep sadness” expressed by diocesan officials rings hollow. True shepherds would have fortified the sisters’ work against modernity’s onslaught. Instead, they acted as hirelings (John 10:12), abandoning the flock to wolves. This tragedy exemplifies why faithful Catholics must reject the conciliar counterfeit and cleave to true bishops preserving the depositum fidei (deposit of faith). Only through restoration of Christ’s Social Kingship can such disasters be prevented.

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UPDATE: Ohio moves to close nursing home amid ‘widespread care failures’ after purchase from Catholic nuns (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 15.01.2026