[Rytwyng]

Regardless who you may be we should always try our best to honor our vows to God. If these fella were priests then left for such a reason it is a real shame. By the way I understand Orthodox allows married priest

The Orthodox (and Eastern-Rite Catholics) allow married men to become priests, but does NOT allow already-ordained priests to marry. That's an important distinction: If a man is married at ordination, fine, he can keep his wife; if he is single at ordination, he's single for life.

So these Irishmen would have had to get married FIRST, then get ordained Orthodox. They are not ordained Catholic priests who broke vows (I don't believe the Orthodox would take such as priests).

[Mark in the Old South]

I did not know, There are several Orthodox and they have some variation on the rules. It really does not sound so different from Catholic. Quite a few Anglican priests (married) are swimming the Tiber these days. The Catholic Church is taking them but a similar rule applies. Fine if you are already married but no marriage after ordination.