I don't know. If you look at how Fr. Martins was treated compared to how the parish priest Fr. Lane was treated, when Fr. Lane basically did the same thing at the event, one understands how people can think ill of those who trashed Martins' reputation. Maybe some people did overreact, but I think any neutral observer would at this point …
I don't know. If you look at how Fr. Martins was treated compared to how the parish priest Fr. Lane was treated, when Fr. Lane basically did the same thing at the event, one understands how people can think ill of those who trashed Martins' reputation. Maybe some people did overreact, but I think any neutral observer would at this point consider this a two-tier hatchet job, pending further evidence.
See commenter Mike Gannon's response to this objection. The reality is, something this priest did (and we have only one account of it right now--the priest himself) made the father report him--even press for battery charges. Not so for the other priest. Therefore we can assume one was objectionable in some way, and the other was not. Until there is more detail, we can't conclude. Rod Dreher is also not an impartial source.
I don't know. If you look at how Fr. Martins was treated compared to how the parish priest Fr. Lane was treated, when Fr. Lane basically did the same thing at the event, one understands how people can think ill of those who trashed Martins' reputation. Maybe some people did overreact, but I think any neutral observer would at this point consider this a two-tier hatchet job, pending further evidence.
https://roddreher.substack.com/p/child-touch-for-me-but-not-for-thee
See commenter Mike Gannon's response to this objection. The reality is, something this priest did (and we have only one account of it right now--the priest himself) made the father report him--even press for battery charges. Not so for the other priest. Therefore we can assume one was objectionable in some way, and the other was not. Until there is more detail, we can't conclude. Rod Dreher is also not an impartial source.