Fr. Brent Shelton, one of three priests who reportedly received a text message in March that said, 'I will never understand how anyone could be so hateful to destroy the ministry of any cleric,' has previously spoken out on sexual advances he received as a 19-year-old seminarian and said the text amounts to witness tampering.
“…moments like that, as we remember them and we take care of them and take care of their families, only stiffen our resolve to ensure that we, we do this properly,” Hegseth said....