I don’t know all the teachings of this priest but what I’ve read here doesn’t upset me.
First we should look at the outcome. He and those who follow him prefer having their own way to the way of the Church to which at least He made certain vows of conformity and obedience.
So one thing that's going on here is, as it were, the fruition of a lie. If he's blessing homosexual unions while the Church is teaching that homosexuality is gravely disordered, and if he's allowing women to preach while the Church is re-asserting that lay people should not preach, then either he was ordained while falsely representing himself and his intentions or he has decided to accept and exercise the priestly function while rejecting the Church and the authority under which he was ordained.
And I would encourage you to study the Catechism and to consider whether maybe your years in the Church and work in institutions connected with it have not made clear to you the meaning and role of Church Traditions ("mad made rules"). Or perhaps, despite their having been made clear, you reject the authority of the Church. Either would be sad. But if you reject the authority of the Church in which you have spent so much time and effort, I think there's a problem here.
Isn't it kind of flying false colors to go to Mass, to work in a Catholic School, to make the declarations involved in baptizing one's children in any "denomination" while not believing the teaching of that denomination? That seems like it might be a serious spiritual problem to me.
Please read my more recent posts as a lot of ground was covered in this thread and I received great answers to my questions. Thanks for your thoughts.
Mad Dawg wrote: “Isn’t it kind of flying false colors ..., to make the declarations involved in baptizing one’s children in any “denomination” while not believing the teaching of that denomination? That seems like it might be a serious spiritual problem to me.”
P.S. I’m appalled that you would imply we should not have baptized our children Catholic because I have asked questions. First, questioning is not the same as “not believing in anything.” Second, as parents, when we baptize our children we vow to bring them up Catholic...and have done so in every way including expanding their faith fully by sending them to Catholic school. We, and every other Catholic school parent, have devoted time and treasure to insure their spiritual upbringing is reinforced daily in the classroom ...the public schools here are excellent so we had choices. We have a christian household, discuss faith and morality regularly, and we pray....not that this is any of your business. They have received their sacraments and in their confirmation it is our children’s choice to continue Catholic faith for themself. And if you think my questions disqualify me from going to mass or working in a Catholic school, then rather than lecturing me about my spiritual problem, I would recommend you go speak to a priest about your thoughts and whose compass needs recalibration.