I know a good priest who suffered rejection before being allowed to go through seminary and be ordained. He did some stupid non-sexual things in his youth and grew out of them.
I know a good priest who suffered rejection before being allowed to go through seminary and be ordained. He did some stupid non-sexual things in his youth and grew out of them.
As Catholics we should be in favour of forgiveness. I am glad to hear that this priest has proved to be good after a rocky start as a youngster. As long as the bishop and all concerned in his formation were fully aware of his earlier problems and scrutinised him very carefully for any problems before he was ordained. And the bishop was not acting out of utter desperation at the lack of vocations.
A few years ago there was the sad case of the assistant priest in the parish next to mine. Our previous bishop had asked him to leave the seminary. A few years later our current bishop ordained him. Not long afterwards his misadventures were out on the Internet - drunkeness and making sexual advances to the parish Master of Ceremonies. He has been "care of Bishop's House" for a few years now.
Obviously there are loads of gaps in this tale which we peasants may never be told. His case is common knowledge in local parishes, so there is no way he can ever be assigned to another parish. And no one seems eager to laicise him.
In this case the problem was what one might call extreme verbal forcefulness with respect to being righteous. He is still totally faithful but I think he is a bit more tactful to their face about other people's failings than he used to be.
I know a good priest who suffered rejection before being allowed to go through seminary and be ordained. He did some stupid non-sexual things in his youth and grew out of them.
As Catholics we should be in favour of forgiveness. I am glad to hear that this priest has proved to be good after a rocky start as a youngster. As long as the bishop and all concerned in his formation were fully aware of his earlier problems and scrutinised him very carefully for any problems before he was ordained. And the bishop was not acting out of utter desperation at the lack of vocations.
A few years ago there was the sad case of the assistant priest in the parish next to mine. Our previous bishop had asked him to leave the seminary. A few years later our current bishop ordained him. Not long afterwards his misadventures were out on the Internet - drunkeness and making sexual advances to the parish Master of Ceremonies. He has been "care of Bishop's House" for a few years now.
Obviously there are loads of gaps in this tale which we peasants may never be told. His case is common knowledge in local parishes, so there is no way he can ever be assigned to another parish. And no one seems eager to laicise him.
In this case the problem was what one might call extreme verbal forcefulness with respect to being righteous. He is still totally faithful but I think he is a bit more tactful to their face about other people's failings than he used to be.