My diocese had its annual MLK Mass. Every year I am disturbed by it. MLK was not Catholic, so he can't be a saint. A Mass in his honor doesn't make sense. His best friend, Ralph Abernathy and one of his lovers were both pretty frank about his unchaste private life in their memoirs. According to the FBI, He also witnessed a rape and mocked the victim's suffering. Dr. King should have defended that woman and the FBI agents who recorded the whole thing should have burst through the door to come to the rescue. Not one man who saw or heard walked away with clean hands.
This happened in January, 1964, in the Willard Hotel. The Baltimore preacher who was identified as the rapist died in 1991. What happened to that young woman? Was she told to shut up for the sake of the cause? Is she still alive? May God have mercy on her.
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