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Priests do not marry. Candidates for priestly ordination may get married prior to becoming priests. Once they are ordained they may not marry.

Sorry...When I worked at the Ukranian Prep schools in the late 80's, a Ukranian Catholic priest had an affaire with the math instructer. She became pregnant. He was told that if he wanted to marry her, he would have to go back to the Ukraine..He was already a Priest..He left the Ukranian Catholic Church and went on to become a Russian Orthodox priest. When the Ukranian's were reconciled in the Middle Ages-the agreement reached between Rome and the Ukranian Catholics was...priest could marry. Now Rome doesn't like this, and I have not doubt it is discouraged...but they did agree to it and priests can marry in the Ukraine (probably really frowned on by Rome but possible by doctrine).

From a local TV station:

A pile of rubble is all that remains of a church in eastern Connecticut that was destroyed by an explosion Friday morning.

Slideshow: Church Explosion

An explosion levels a church in Colchester, Conn.

The blast leveled Saint Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church on Route 16 in Colchester just before 7 a.m. Colchester is about 17 miles west of Norwich.

State police said there were no injuries, and they accounted for all the workers at the church, including its priest, the Rev. Kiril Manolev, and his family. Manolev, his pregnant wife, Susan, and their young son live in a home next to the church and were moved safely.

Television station WVIT reported that many of the witnesses expressed amazement that a statue of the Virgin Mary located in the church courtyard was undamaged by the blast.

Manolev said he was relieved when he saw the statue still standing.

"It's a miracle," he told WVIT.

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	Explosion Destroys Church

The brick church was built in 1955 and serves 55 families. Members were preparing for an annual Ukrainian festival in Stamford this weekend.

State police spokesman Sgt. J. Paul Vance said the area has been cordoned off, and the road remains shut down in both directions.

Vance said there was no immediate indication of what caused the explosion, although the church did have a propane tank inside for cooking.

The state fire marshal and utility company crews are at the scene. Firefighters are combing through the rubble to retrieve relics.

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Please remember the priests and members of this congregation in your prayers. This is a very painful and devastating blow. May our Blessed Mother guide them as they begin the process of reconstruction.

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