[ArrogantBustard]

That which you describe is reprehensible (at best). I've never encountered such, even in the Dreadful Diocese of Richmond.

I also avoid known goofball priests. Decent priests can be found even in cesspools like the DDR.

[broadsword]

Yep. The most difficult thing for a Catholic these days is to find a Catholic church or a Catholic priest.

[bonaventura]

I have found that very thing several times in the Dreadful Diocese of Richmond.

My "penance", given to me by a priest wearing a flannel shirt and a smile that was a strange mix between the homos on Barney and a labotomy patient, was to "think about the sick of the parish next time you receive communion." Rough.

I have also gotten the "do you feel better?" after having confessed my sins. That was a different diocese, different priest, same bad seminary training.

[ninenot]

like the DDR.

VERY clever.