From the article: "But, since its very existence makes an ironic point, it is worth looking at. Rent-A Priest was started in 1992 by a traditional Catholic lady who couldn’t find a priest to visit her mother in the nursing home" --- the author of this piece has an incredible agenda. The "traditional Catholic lady" is none other than Louise Haggett who hails from about 40 miles from my doorstep. She resides in a city where there are five Catholic parishes and the area is surrounded by large cities with many parishes in each city. Ms. Haggett is the founder of "Rent-A-Priest", the founder of "Celibacy Is The Issue (CITI)", a member of "Call to Action" a member of "Voice of the Faithful" and a recipient of the "Corpus Life Achievement Award" - nice resume.
The article you cited uses a woman who was recently quoted in a local newspaper:
"Married priests are the real honest priests," said Haggett, who considers herself a devout Catholic. "Deacons are married and you don't see problems with them molesting children. The same with rabbis, protestant pastors and Catholic married priests. There is definitively a connection there."The married priests of CITI have been holding masses at the Unitarian Universalist First Parish every Saturday at 5 p.m.
Everybody is welcome, said Haggett, including those with issues regarding clergy sexual abuse, divorce/remarriage, interfaith marriage, birth control, sexual orientation, abortion and disillusionment because of the sexual scandal.
You can do better than that!