Catholic Priest Who Fathered Child Allowed To Continue in Priesthood.

Let's see if I understand this. Christians strive to attain the perfection of Jesus, and when they invariably fail, they are called hypocrites by people who would NEVER try to hold themselves to those same standards. Does that about describe it?

Truths About Liberals #9. The Liberal creed is, "Do as I say, not as I do."

Ahhh the Catholic Church, you gotta love em. My question is this.....They paid support for 22 years, an amount agreed upon by both the Mother and the Church and now they should be on the hook for more???????? The Church sucks on morality and conscience, but they did pay up in accordance with the agreement. How much has the mother and the 22 year old man contributed to these medical bills???????? Make no mistake, the Catholic Church sucks. But I wonder when should their liability for this man cease???

These are the same people who are in Washington trying to shape our political future. The disgrace from the churches keeps piling up and yet they persist in trying to paint themselves as being God's disciples above judgment and questions from the masses. Religion is not spirituality. Ministers and priests do not speak for God, interpretation is not gospel, the millions who are out there trashing Obama are not superior to the rest of us (judge not, lest ye be judged) and the streets if heaven, if there is one, are not paved with gold. Cursing is not taking the Lord's name in vain -- going to war and expecting Him to be on your side while you pillage and destroy in his name is.

My cousin had an affair with a priest he did the decent thing and left the priesthood I haven't heard anything from them in years.They where treated like outcasts by members of the family. People forget that they take a vow of chastity yet they still have desires. Unfortunately the Catholic Church is been racked by scandal's through their own fault in not doing full back ground checks one their priest's.You can mock them and ridicule them but I say, Take the beam out of your eye before you take the splinter out of my brothers eye and let those who have not sinned cast the first stone.

Nothing new here - I knew an Army priest who had a lady friend, played poker, drank, etc. One of my former neighbors had a long-term affair with her priest when he should have been counseling her on the death of her mother and other issues.

Religious leaders do have certain standards by which they are to be judged. Not all live up to those standards. The idea of people not having relationships is something that needs to be re-visited. Certainly we know that many Catholic nuns and priests do have relationships. Sometimes it seems that the leadership Catholic Church does need to be more truthful. All religious institutions need to be very clear about the issue of child molestation and other issues that are harmful to their congregants. All religions have things that need to be cleaned up.

In reply to both the above,if you have not seen already there was a British situation comedy called FatherTed to the rest of the world it was a comedy to catholics and with the Irish in particular it was a documentary. I have a brother who is in the Benedictines his view on Father Ted was it was very true to life. Dave they are called "spiritual sisters" if they are only friends. My brother has said that it's not unusal in his community for several of the monks to have spiritual sisters no harms come,s of it, it's way for them to relive the pressure of chastity. Their desires don't die neither does their love for their fellow Christians.