[Trailerpark Badass]

This guy was not a priest, hevwas a deacon, a lay official of the church and under no restriction on marriage

[ebb tide]

What does homosexual abuse have to do with “marriage”?

[johniegrad]

hevwas a deacon, a lay official of the church and under no restriction on marriage

Partially true. A permanent deacon is an ordained clergyman in the Church, not a layman. And deacons have some restrictions on marriage. If single at the time of ordination, they take the same vow of celibacy as a priest. If married at the time of ordination, they take the vow to not remarry should their wife die.

[Birdman]

I agree that the guy is an abomination on all levels, but for clarity I’ll add that Catholic deacons are indeed ordained (sacrament of Holy Orders) and are clergy, not laity.