The Worcester Voice

October 3, 2007                    

Dear Neil,

I write to you in regards to your messages that you wish to speak to the Worcester Voice. You stated you want to “tell your side of the story” and so the Worcester Voice wishes to extend to you the opportunity.   

I am reaching out to you in the spirit of God’s Love, to allow you to set forth in truthfulness and honesty your account in the following as a fellow pilgrim in Our Lord Jesus Christ.  

Neil, you have stated the Blessed Mother Mary has called John J. Szantyr a blessed priest and she has thanked him for his blessings that he has given to the people who have gathered at the prayer cenacles. 

In charity and as a member of Christ’s Body I ask: “How can it be that the Blessed Virgin Mother would not know Fr John Szantyr has been acting in direct contradiction to his Bishop’s sanctions and the teachings of our Roman Catholic Church?    

Also, it is the right of the faithful to know if Fr John Szantyr has a letter from a Bishop that grants him faculties.  I am asking you to produce this letter for all to see. 

Neil as witnessed, Fr John Szantyr performed the annual Pentecost Eucharist Celebration on May 27, 2007. When questioned publicly your official reply as “the Head” of the Seeds of Hope as you claim is given in guidance of God, was less than truthful. You Neil answered “I could not remember the last time he conducted services in my home”. God’s teaching instructs those representing Him to speak the truth.

Neil, if your statue of the Blessed Mother truly weeps, we ask in the interest of all the faithful (in matters of mystical phenomena the Catholic Church teaches these phenomena are no private matter) to allow us to test the tears so those who hear your words will no longer linger in spiritual uncertainty. It would seem you would understand the rights the Church enjoys with regard to fulfilling Her duty to protect the faithful in matters of mystical phenomena. 

Neil, you made an agreement with Diocese of Hartford to no longer disseminate your messages. Rather than keep your word, you moved your proclamation to the Diocese of Springfield. What is your explanation for this? 

Neil, you disclosure publicly of numerous physical healings attributed to your claimed apparitions from 1992 to present. We ask you to produce official medical documents to support such alleged healings.

Neil, please produce transparent financial disclosure to the Worcester Voice regarding the support of the homeless you state the Seeds of Hope conducts by means of the donations you solicit for the books you produce.

Neil, the State of Massachusetts has you listed as a nonprofit in “bad standing” and the Federal Government denied your tax exempt status in 1997. Display the documents which you claim grant you privilege to act as a corporation and as a religious organization without submitting records for public view indicating you perform charitable activities.  

Neil, you have sinned against those who choose to question your apparitions.  I seek for you to repent and speak the truth of your sins, acknowledging in fact that you have sought worldly goods over spiritual at the expense of others’ good will and faith. 

Our Lord Jesus Christ has given you the opportunity to repent and gain forgiveness; I urge you to take this opportunity and not to twist the Lord’s words by proclaiming this is a persecution leveled against you. I pray the souls afflicted by this mockery of our Catholic Faith will weigh heavily on you, so you can be given the grace to repair this immense damage. For it is those who earnestly sought God who have been persecuted and exploited in their very innocence and docility. Once the truth is revealed to your followers, they may be so betrayed that some might well leave their faith as statistically most do when steeped in spiritual abuse and its effects. With all seriousness and believing in God’s Mercy, I ask you to consider the souls weighing in the balance as well as your own.  

The greatest mystery of our Faith is that for we who truly know we have fallen short of the glory of God and confess our sins that our Father lovingly anticipates our return. He waits for us because He longs to clothe us with dignity lost, to espouse us with ever-stronger bonds to His Spirit, while ultimately feeding us with the nourishing fellowship of the just to sustain us in our journeys to Him.  This is my prayer for you. 

One in our Lord Jesus Christ

Mary T. Jean 

CC: Most Reverend Timothy A McDonnell

      Faithful: Seeds of Hope