Hell Freezes over: Catholic Priest caught with ....(wait for it)....a WOMAN!

[cagesoulman]

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=13344780&ch=4226713&src=news

And they're taking him out of his high ranking job!

They ought to give the guy a fucking medal for being with an adult woman and not a young boy.

I guess you only get quietly protected if you're a pedophile.

[HopeHoops]

1. Well THAT is certainly different!

I bet he has to be excommunicated for that. Little boys are fine, but priests are FORBIDDEN to bed a woman!

[Johonny]

11. excommunicated ?

That's a little harsh. I imagine they'll just strip him of his priestly duties.

[polichick]

2. What a ridiculous organization!

[cherish44]

3. OK so he prefers to bury the bishop instead of bashing it

Most normal men do

[malaise]

4. Of course the only basic rule

is that thou shalt not attempt to share the church's property with any woman.

[Sal Minella]

12. Yup. As long as she didn't insist on his marrying her, thus making her eligible

for a pension from the church, I would think the church would be fine with it.

Of course there might be progeny, come to think of it, and the church doesn't want children it has to look after -- just wants to force OTHER PEOPLE to have children they have to look after.

[KansDem]

5. Maybe this is the beginning of a kind of Renaissance in the Catholic Church?

Maybe for the next couple of millennia, priests will explore sex with adult women...

Hi'ya, Toots! I'm Father Alberto and I'm 'enlightened!'
Ooohh, I just love a man in uniform!

[scheming daemons]

6. Catholic Church: Sex with consenting adults=Bad... sex with children=OK

[get the red out]

7. How dare he have natural desires with and ADULT!

That's outrageous and unholy!

His life will be so much better off if he can leave the Priesthood and become a real human being.

[Democrats_win]

8. He was just baptizing her!

[KansDem]

9. Maybe he wanted something to give up for Lent? (nt)

[ieoeja]

10. Depending on the order ... that might be acceptable.

Priests of the Order of St. Vincent de Paul, for example, are allowed to screw around all they want. It is a sin, of course. But no more forbidden than any sin.

As a whole Roman Catholic priests are not allowed to marry. Fucking is a whole other issue.

[Sal Minella]

13. Celibacy was instituted so the church wouldn't have to pay for the support of

dependents. So anything that might lead to marriage is no-no.

[ieoeja]

14. If was instituted to prevent the creation of fiefdoms within the church.

Bishoprics were being passed from father to son. So each diocese was becoming its only little kingdom.

[cagesoulman]

15. So bishops used to be married?

Whoa.

[bushmeister0]

17. Did you say Bishopricks?

Oh, never mind.

Beyond all the above, the Church wanted their property when they died. That couldn't happen if they had families.

My Aunt had a friend who was a priest. When he died he left her his house (he went straight to hell, I'm sure). When she died she left his house and her house to the damn Church. Naturally, she went to heaven.

What a vile institution, scaring people into handing over their worldly possessions in the hopes of an afterlife.

[VenusRising]

16. He has a group of supporters that are speaking out .

They do not care that he wants to be in a relationship. They believe that he has helped them and are now trying to help him. Good for them for fighting for him, and good for him for bucking the rules. At least he's with a consenting adult and isn't permanently damaging anyone because of his actions.