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Unfortunately Fr. Breen’s observations in the video were right on the mark, and could have been equally honestly made by any number of dedicated priests of Fr. Breen’s age and older. These are men who love the Church and care enough to be honest in spite of the risks. What is really sad is that such men, also committed to their service of the people of God, must compromise their integrity. It is a mark of the poor quality of the Church's current leadership, that such issues cannot be discussed openly.

Except for celibacy, none of those things are open to discussion for faithful Catholics.

Female ordination? Infallibly condemned by the ordinary magisterium, explicitly so in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis

Artificial contraception? Condemned again and again by all Christians, not just Catholics, up to 1930. Can never be approved.

Divorce and remarriage? Condemned directly by Our Lord Himself in the pages of Scripture. Can never be approved.

This is really pretty simple. Men who can't explain, defend, and support these teachings should not only get out of the priesthood, they should have the integrity to go down the street to the Episcopal church.

I live in Nashville; Bishop Choby is my bishop. I support what he's doing, although personally I would have removed Fr. Breen, since this is far from his first offense.

BTW, apropos of this situation, I did a little additional research into Fr. Breen. Do you know that a couple of years ago they served the Eucharist like a party snack at St. Edward's? I mean they put the Precious Blood into a bowl, and the Hosts into a dish, and people picked up a host, dipped it into the bowl and communicated themselves?

That, to me, doesn't express a "love for the Church" or a commitment to the service of the people of God. It expresses contempt for liturgical law and a complete absence of faith in the Real Presence.