I also know someone who knows a very, very orthodox priest (nationally well known) who loves expensive dinners in fine restaurants accompanied by bottles of expensive wine. I'm never sure what to think of this. 30 posted on 04/27/2005 8:17:42 AM EDT by american colleen
That's "gay" behavior, Colleen. The "priests" that are constantly chasing after lavish dinner parties, dining outings, who collect designer sweaters, etc., these are the fruitcakes. Who is PAYING for all of that stuff anyway? They have CLOSED parishes in Boston and New York because queer priests RAPED young teenage boys. No more expense accounts and Platinum AmEx cards for priests.
The priest is for sure not gay but has developed a roman mentality from living in Rome for a long time. Apparently this is common place there. I can't say that I think men of God like Benedict XVI subscribed to it, but it is pervasive.
Maybe it goes along with the 'limo' mentality?