Boniface Ramsey
J. Boniface Ramsey (born 6 October 1945) is an American Catholic priest who was ordained in 1973 as a member of the Dominican Order. From 1987 to 1996 Ramsey was a professor at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University.
Life
From 1987 to 1996 Ramsey was a professor at
In November 2000, Ramsey wrote the Apostolic Nuncio in Washington, D.C., Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, regarding rumors of inappropriate conduct on the part of McCarrick's with seminarians. (As a Dominican, rather than a diocesan priest, Ramsey was not under McCarrick's immediate supervision.) Ramsey had heard reports that the Archbishop was in the practice of inviting five seminarians to his beach house, which only had five beds, and sharing a bed with one of the seminarians. " I never heard that McCarrick touched anyone", said Ramsey.[2]
He said that "McCarrick’s behavior was viewed by many as “odd” or even “crazy,” but not necessarily immoral...The term, ‘sexual harassment,’” had not gained currency, and the seminary administrators didn’t know how to react".
In 2004 he joined the
Ramsey is the author or translator of several books on the Fathers of the Church, notably Beginning to Read the Fathers, and of numerous articles on various theological topics. He is the general editor of The
Publications
Translations
- Sermons of ISBN 9780809104239
- ISBN 9780809104840
- John Cassian. The Institutes, translated and annotated by Boniface Ramsey, OP, 2000 (ACW 58) ISBN 9780809105229
References
- ^ Desmond, Joan. "Whistleblower Father Boniface Ramsey Reacts to Archbishop Viganò’s Letter", National Catholic Register, August 28, 2018
- ^ a b c d Ramsey, Boniface. "The Case of Theodore McCarrick", Commonweal, February 16, 2019
- ^ Desmond, Joan. "Fr. Boniface Ramsey Reveals 2006 McCarrick-Related Letter", National Catholic Register, September 11, 2018