{"id":8152,"date":"2004-01-16T12:11:55","date_gmt":"2004-01-16T12:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/who_are_these_people.html"},"modified":"2004-01-16T12:11:55","modified_gmt":"2004-01-16T12:11:55","slug":"who_are_these_people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/01\/who_are_these_people.html","title":{"rendered":"Who are these people?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So a reader asks:<\/p>\n

Last night on Coast to Coast with George Noory, who, incidentally, calls himself a Catholic whenever it suits his purpose, but the rest of the time espouses ideas like reincarnation, the guest was Father Andrew C. Wingate. He claims to be a part of the Old Roman Catholic Church or some such denomination. When challenged by a caller he said that his group is not in schism but is part of the Church. Here is his webpage:
\nThe group’s website<\/a>
\nI was wondering where I can go to find out the truth of his claims. He does some pretty outrageous prophesying (a la Malachi Martin) but seems to have a big following. Do you know his “Oblates of St. Therese”? He also indicated that he was married and had received special dispensation to be ordained. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have no idea.<\/strong> Mighty big weirdness there. Readers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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