Neo-Church Reduces Priesthood to Social Work: Autism Inclusion Exposes Functionalist Apostasy
The National Catholic Register — the flagship organ of the conciliar sect’s “conservative” wing — publishes a report by Matthew McDonald detailing how the “Church” is scrambling to accommodate a surging tide of autistic candidates for the “priesthood.” Citing a 2026 McGrath Institute study and a 2025 CARA survey, the article reveals that “bishops” are deeply divided: 20% would refuse ordination to “high-functioning” men who “miss social cues,” 57% find it “worrisome,” and 18% are unsure. Psychologist “Deacon” Lawrence Sutton boasts of coaching a seminarian to mimic a fluid genuflection so he became “invisible,” while “Fathers” Nolette, Schneider, and Robinson — all novus ordo presbyters — describe managing “limited social energy” via strategic assignments (chaplaincies, academia, social media) rather than parish ministry. The piece frames this as a pastoral challenge of “accommodation” and “case-by-case discernment.”