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Has anyone met some of the Anglican priest converts to the RC Church?????????? Lavender indeed - even some of the "married" ones.

I actually know about a dozen of them. They are very wonderful priests.

What in the world is your major malfunction?

I was a "high church" Episcopalian from my baptism in the early 50s until 2003 when I became a Catholic.

My experience with the orthodox ECUSA priests (the only potential source for Anglican Use priests) is that they are the polar opposite of "lavender". I don't think any are homosexual (and as the daughter of a professional dancer my gaydar is fairly accurate) but if they are they are living chastely and discreetly and minding their own business.

In fact, my experience is that the homosexual Episcopal priests are also the most loony-liberal in theology and therefore the least likely to go over to Rome. Any traffic would be in the opposite direction (and good riddance). It's quite true that some of these guys are nutty about the "high church" trappings - vestments, incense, etc. - but they can have all that without leaving ECUSA.

What's the basis for your statement?

Let me put in a good word for an elderly priest at Franciscan University at Steubenville, Fr. Ryland, who came over from Anglicanism and is anything but feminine in manner. He is a man's man. His son Christopher and daughter-in-law Sandi and their wonderful large family are ultra-Catholic, just like Fr. Ryland.

Also, isn't Fr. Rutler an Anglican convert to Rome????

John Henry Cardinal Newman was more than OK in his time as well.

There is also a former Anglican bishop of London who converted to Catholicism when they started ordaining women, was ordained a Catholic priest and brought many English Anglican priests with him to Rome.