"ROFLMHO! Since Pfleger's not supposed to have kids anyway, I find this deliciously ironic. :-)"
Yeah, no kidding! I, too, wonder how a catholic priest has kids!?!
He adopted him, even though priests are forbidden to adopt. Our former cardinal was useless and so didn't bother to try and stop him.
Was wondering the same myself...
If I remember correctly, there is a way for a previously married guy becoming a priest. I don't remember the exact details but there was a deacon in a church on Fort Leonardwood doing just that. It might have had to do with being a widow.
Priests adopt, but I don't think they're supposed to. I also think that a Catholic priest can legitimately be married and have children if he was an Anglican priest with family, and decided to become Catholic.
The kids are adopted, and it does sound like he was a pretty good parent.
The same way anyone else does. For the sake of our younger audience, I won't go into the details.
;-p
If he joined the priesthood as a widower, it would all make sense.
>"ROFLMHO! Since Pfleger's not supposed to have kids anyway, I >find this deliciously ironic. :-)"
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>Yeah, no kidding! I, too, wonder how a catholic priest has >kids!?!
Did you guys even read the article? BOTH his sons were adopted. I don't think it says you can't adopt, only procreate, or do the act to procreate.