Virginia “Bishops” Capitulate to Culture of Death While Feigning Opposition
The conciliar sect’s “bishops” of Arlington and Richmond—Michael Burbidge and Barry Knestout—issued a Jan. 16 statement condemning a proposed Virginia constitutional amendment that would enshrine abortion as a “fundamental right.” While superficially opposing the measure, their protest lacks the uncompromising clarity demanded by Catholic doctrine and exposes their complicity in the post-conciliar church’s moral collapse. The “bishops” describe the amendment as “extreme” for permitting abortion “at any stage of pregnancy” and eliminating parental consent requirements, yet their response remains embedded in the very theological liberalism that enabled this evil.