Archbishop Bruce J Simpson
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Who is Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson, OSJB?
Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson, OSJB, is a Vietnam Era Veteran, former Police Officer of the Year, a Federal Agent, a Federal Magistrate, an armed bodyguard to Saudi Royalty, a senior Federal Government executive, and recipient of awards from the Vice President of the United States and the Secretary of Treasury. While studying at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary and Theological College at the Catholic University of America, Bruce decided that his own conflict of conscience would not allow him to go on to ordination in the Roman Catholic Church.
He looked into the other branches of Catholicism, and found the Old Catholic Church, based out of Utrecht, Holland, which broke from Rome in 1889, but maintained valid Apostolic Succession and Canonical recognition in Roman law. He was ordain a Deacon in 1995, a Priest six months later, and was called to the Episcopacy in early 1999. On January 30th, Bruce was consecrated a Bishop of the Catholic Church. In 2002, he was consecrated sub-conditione by a Roman Catholic Archbishop, three times removed from Pope Paul the Sixth. His early ordinations were performed while Bruce was in charge of the U.S. Governments non-tax debt collections. The Archbishop has also authored, The Gay Face of God (scheduled for release in 2014 by Fountain Blue Publishing).
Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson, OSJB, is a Vietnam Era Veteran, former Police Officer of the Year, a Federal Agent, a Federal Magistrate, an armed bodyguard to Saudi Royalty, a senior Federal Government executive, and recipient of awards from the Vice President of the United States and the Secretary of Treasury. While studying at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary and Theological College at the Catholic University of America, Bruce decided that his own conflict of conscience would not allow him to go on to ordination in the Roman Catholic Church.
He looked into the other branches of Catholicism, and found the Old Catholic Church, based out of Utrecht, Holland, which broke from Rome in 1889, but maintained valid Apostolic Succession and Canonical recognition in Roman law. He was ordain a Deacon in 1995, a Priest six months later, and was called to the Episcopacy in early 1999. On January 30th, Bruce was consecrated a Bishop of the Catholic Church. In 2002, he was consecrated sub-conditione by a Roman Catholic Archbishop, three times removed from Pope Paul the Sixth. His early ordinations were performed while Bruce was in charge of the U.S. Governments non-tax debt collections. The Archbishop has also authored, The Gay Face of God (scheduled for release in 2014 by Fountain Blue Publishing).
Q: How did you come up with the title?
A: The title of the book is as important as the entire story and in fact tells the story in one sentence. While standing in the courtroom, I personally heard one member of the jury pool say to another, "Well, if he's queer, he musta done it." This was before one word of testimony was heard. I knew then that Michael was convicted before he even appeared in court. I was dressed as Bishop and had to bite my tongue because the Judge did NOT like me being present.
Q: Is there a message in your book that you want readers to grasp?
A: There are two messages I'd be thrilled if the reading public could take away from this book. The first is that gay people are not treated equally before the law or correctional system. They are in fact despised. The second message is that while our Constitution may have been drafted by great men with great spirit, they failed to take in the full measure of man's inhumanity to man. The system they set the groundwork for is flawed, discriminatory, and often at the very whim of those in power. It is a disgrace.
Q: How much of the book is realistic?
A: The facts in this book are one hundred percent true and accurate. This author either personally observed it, was involved in it, or took the story from the records of this case. Internal prison life was told to me by Michael Batey himself.
A: The title of the book is as important as the entire story and in fact tells the story in one sentence. While standing in the courtroom, I personally heard one member of the jury pool say to another, "Well, if he's queer, he musta done it." This was before one word of testimony was heard. I knew then that Michael was convicted before he even appeared in court. I was dressed as Bishop and had to bite my tongue because the Judge did NOT like me being present.
Q: Is there a message in your book that you want readers to grasp?
A: There are two messages I'd be thrilled if the reading public could take away from this book. The first is that gay people are not treated equally before the law or correctional system. They are in fact despised. The second message is that while our Constitution may have been drafted by great men with great spirit, they failed to take in the full measure of man's inhumanity to man. The system they set the groundwork for is flawed, discriminatory, and often at the very whim of those in power. It is a disgrace.
Q: How much of the book is realistic?
A: The facts in this book are one hundred percent true and accurate. This author either personally observed it, was involved in it, or took the story from the records of this case. Internal prison life was told to me by Michael Batey himself.
What others are saying about If He's Queer He Musta Done It.
Ruth Gruber, a reader of the book: "It makes my cry, what a terrible thing to happen to a man." Age 80
Ruth Gruber, a reader of the book: "It makes my cry, what a terrible thing to happen to a man." Age 80
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Website
http://www.johnsimpsonbooks.com/
