Interesting the guy seems to agree with the Priest after the fact. I would think the Pastoral decision would be to give them the benefit of the doubt and marry them.
Since he didn't marry the mother of his child, he's got no comparison has he?
But every day that they do not marry increases the likelihood that they will never marry, while simultaneously increasing the chances of failed marriage the longer they delay (danged statistics), and increases the likelihood of multiple men in the childs life.
In the meantime the baby has no home, instead she gets shuffled with her baggage from house to house, mom, dad, Grandparents, daycare etc.
Furthermore the baby is two months old. Why'd they fire him now instead of when the pregnancy was acknowledged? Or is he still engaged in fornication with the mother of his child?
He should have called Dr. Laura instead of his priest for counseling, he'd have gotten better advice, the baby would have a real two parent home and Daddy would still have a job.