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Richard Bennett (left: as a Catholic priest)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

LTRP Note: <\/strong>Many of our readers may know of Richard Bennett, a former Irish Catholic priest and the founder of the U.S. ministry Berean Beacon. This week, Richard passed away at the age of 81. The following is a tribute to Richard written by one of our readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Tribute to Richard M. Bennett\u201d<\/strong><\/em>
By Darryl Eberhart<\/strong>, former editor of \u201cTackling the Tough Topics\u201d<\/em> and \u201cExamining the Tough Issues\u201d<\/em> newsletters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard M. (\u201cPeter\u201d) Bennett was born in Ireland on March 10, 1938. He passed peacefully in his sleep on September 23, 2019. This writer knew Richard Bennett for almost two decades, from the time that his ministry (the Berean Beacon<\/em>, which he founded) was located in Del Valle, Texas. He had been a Dominican priest for 22 (twenty-two) years before being wonderfully converted to a belief in salvation by God\u2019s grace, through faith in Christ Jesus, based upon God\u2019s Holy Word, with all glory going to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should honor Richard M. Bennett for his great courage, his dedication, and his hard work in exposing (and doing so in love) both the unbiblical doctrines and practices of Roman Catholicism (e.g., Purgatory, Transubstantiation, mandatory clerical celibacy, and indulgences, etc.), and also in exposing the bloody history of Jesuit-controlled Papal Rome (e.g., through his video, \u201cThe Inquisition\u201d<\/em>). This video is described in the next section and should be viewed by every person alive today because true history is so very important, since those who don\u2019t learn the \u201clessons\u201d of history often find themselves repeating the \u201cmistakes\u201d of history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard M. Bennett\u2019s great love for the Holy Bible \u2013 and his great love for Roman Catholics \u2013 can clearly be seen in his videos and in his articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many videos of Richard M. Bennett posted on the Internet, and I would urge the readers of this tribute to watch as many of these videos as they possibly can, while these videos are still available on the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following is a partial list of resources by Richard Bennett: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCatholicism: East of Eden: Insights into Catholicism for the 21st<\/sup> Century\u201d<\/em><\/strong> by Richard M. Bennett (2005; ISBN 0-9774229-0-9): Examines both the history of the Papacy and the state\/condition of Roman Catholicism today. Please do an Internet search for this book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Far from Rome, Near to God: The Testimonies of 50 Converted Catholic Priests<\/em><\/strong> (1994) by Richard M. Bennett and Martin Buckingham. [LTRP Note: <\/strong>This is a fascinating book with the testimonies of 50 former Catholic priests.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Wings of Grace Alone: The Testimonies of Thirty Converted Roman Catholics<\/em><\/strong> by Richard M. Bennett and Glenn R. Diehl (300-page paperback book; ISBN: 978-1-59925-349-7). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Inquisition<\/em><\/strong> by Richard M. Bennett and Michael de Semlyen (58 minutes; color): This video exposes much of the evil that occurred during the so-called \u201cHoly\u201d Inquisition<\/em> and during the bloody Albigensian Crusades. It also exposes the genocide that occurred in Fascist Croatia during World War II \u2013 a religious genocide that was carried out by the Roman Catholic Fascist Ustashi<\/em>, and which targeted hundreds of thousands of Serb Orthodox Christians (men, woman, elderly, and children) for extermination! When you type into your \u201csearch engine\u201d the following: \u201cThe Inquisition Richard Bennett YouTube\u201d<\/em>, you should be able to quickly locate this outstanding, well-researched video. Then please view this video, and then please tell many others about it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Truth Set Us Free: Twenty Former Nuns Tell Their Stories\u201d<\/em><\/strong> (Edited by Richard M. Bennett with Mary Hertel; 190-page paperback book; 1997; ISBN 1-57921-067-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a video of the life and testimony of Richard Bennett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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