Return Father Leatherby to active ministry

Do the right thing here!

This appears to be a very unjust situation. Mercy & justice please.

I’d like to share this quote from Padre Pio “Do not let your heart become troubled by the sad spectacle of human injustice. Even this has its value in the face of all else. And it is from this that one day you will see the justice of God rising with unfailing triumph. 34 St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina My husband and I Pray everyday for Father Leatherby. It was so painful to lose him at Presentation. By his example and encouragement our faith grew, and here are some of the fruits of being under his care: we feel in love with Holy Mass, saints became friends, we started going to confession, spending time in adoration, we found a deep peace in our prayer life. Now we are fasting for his return to ministry.

As a local Business owner I am the employer of over 400 employees and the powers at be hold me accountable for the treatment of my staff. If I was to treat my employees, as Bishop has treated Fr. Jeremy and other faithful priests in our diocese, I would have been sued put in Jail and bankrupt. Additionally all companies cultures mirrors that of its leaders. In my company our customers are the life blood of our financial viability and everyone knows it! So we treat our customers as such. The Faithful of the sacramento diocese are the bishop’s customers yet we have not been treated as like we are valuable patrons. Instead he has covered up abuse and allowed his priest to abuse the faithful! We cannot sit quiet any-longer the sleeping giant has awaken. This clergy is not the church! We the faithful are the church and must hold them accountable for their actions. The truth will come out. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; “Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the Lord.” Jeremiah 23:2

GOD BLESS FR. LEATHERBY

Dear Bishop Soto, we, God’s people have suffered enough we need Fr Jeremy to shepherd us, to lead us, to inspire us that we may find our way back to our Heavenly Father. May the Holy Spirit living in Mary move your heart to reinstate Fr Jeremy back to his priestly duties.

This has taken too long to investigate. Our parish is suffering without Father Leatherby.

Please let there be a hearing

This wrong MUST be righted. I will sign anything, go anywhere to stop this wrong.

Well said Ryan!!

The handling of this situation has harmed the faithful flock, removing a valuable pastor, and causing rumors and poor morale (and not limited to the one parish but many!). Nobody that I have encountered has any trust in the "powers" that are delaying this process, presumed to be the bishop. All believe that this is the unjust punishment of a faithful priest at the hands of a corrupted, liberal diocese... Healing and forgiveness are needed. Please, Bishop, to regain credibility you need to release Fr.Leatherby from his prison, come clean about the protected homosexual priests caught at St.Philomene's, expel them and the other misguided wolves lurking among your flock. There is no more "grey area" in which to hide, trying to please everyone. If you, Bishop Soto, do not stand up to protect us from this diabolical threat then you are assisting the evil attacks on Mother Church. We are all watching and we are all praying for you. The Truth will set you free. Be purified within the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

He is a good man and I don’t trust what happened to him.

Why is this process moving so slowly?

God bless our faithful priests!!!

A sham! This is another (YES, ANOTHER) case of a good priest being railroaded to protect the guilt of other priests.

As a father of five, I expect my children to generally trust my judgment on family matters without question. Similarly, I’d expect roughly the same from Church faithful regarding episcopal authority over Clerics. But there are exceptions to both, which is why I sign this petition. If I were to punish one of my children without adequate explanation, or under false pretenses – I would hope that their siblings would petition me until I changed my mind. If my actions, purportedly in defense of my family, were disproportionate from what they expected, and in fact caused more damage and scandal than good, I hope my children would have the courage to persist, and I the wisdom to listen. Thus, respectfully, we petition you Bishop Soto through your agent Father Mark, to return Father Leatherby to active ministry, because: 1. Our pastor has been indefinitely removed from us, without adequate explanation. And although a “credible allegation” may justify an short-term suspension pending an investigation, it is incredible to suggest that a mere allegation, no matter how credible, can justify an over two-and-a-half-year suspension. Continued reliance on this one “credible allegation” as the basis for a multi-year suspension, does itself impair your respective credibility with the lay faithful. 2. The initial mis-representation, in writing, made on behalf of the diocese, that Father was absent due to illness, continues to cause the faithful to question diocesan credibility in this matter. As a father, the proper thing to do now (as I do when I make similar mistakes of haste with my children) is to own up to the false statement, and ask for forgiveness. 3. The diocese’ response has been disproportionate, even assuming the allegation were later shown to be true. No criminal or civil proceedings were instituted nor referred to civil authorities. This is hopeful, because if this were not true, then it would mean that diocese would be derelict in its duties to prote

We miss Fr Leatherby. Please restore him to ministry! God be praised!

Please reinstate Fr. Leatherby. Can we also start a petition to force Bishop Soto resign?

Fr. Leatherby is one of the holiest Priests I've ever had the privilege of knowing.

Please return Father Leatherby to his home parish, PBVM quickly. Too long a punishment for him and his parishioners.