Even a piest can go to the beach with a woman. It wouldn't be news and he wouldn't have to make any decisions. He has all but admitted a an afair. (With a divorcee). He is a disgrace, NOT for human failings, but for only atmitting it when caught. How VERY Clintonian.
How long would it have continued, with him giving priestly advice on TV, if he HADN'T been caught?
That's a mighty big "but," Sister. The worst thing about Fr. Cutie's carryings-on is that it arouses the prurient interest of those who may not have the best interests of Holy Mother Church in mind.
I vote for the monastery in the mountains. Bring him back for public penance in a year or two. This is the Roman Catholic Church, so it oughta be handled the way they might handle it in Rome. Drastic Punishment. But Diplomacy. Tact. No Scandal. No Need to Inflame the Passions of the Lower Classes.
...divorcee ... well, coulda been a married woman,
priestly advice on TV, well at least he may have known something of the subject
And please look at the bright side: coulda been Perez Hilton, Barney Frank and 5 naked acolytes on that beach!
So there’s nothing good in him, his life meant nothing?
If someone died in your care while being fed jello, would your life and mercy in hospice care been for nothing?
This is a teaching moment. There is sin in the world along with free will... and there is grace and forgiveness.