Seems like that can apply to a lot of situations, not just the Catholic church. If something isn’t public, how would anyone know there was a scandal?
List of non-Catholic Christian evangelists involved in scandals that were not scandals until they became public. Aimee Semple McPherson, 1920s–40s Lonnie Frisbee, 1970s–1980s Marjoe Gortner, early 1970s Billy James Hargis, early 1970s Jim & Tammy Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart, 1986 and 1991 Peter Popoff, 1987 Morris Cerullo, 1990s Mike Warnke, 1991 Robert Tilton, 1991 W. V. Grant, 1996 and 2003 Bob Moorehead, 1998 Roy Clements, 1999 John Paulk, 2000 Paul Crouch, 2004 Douglas Goodman, 2004 Kent Hovind, 2006 Ted Haggard, 2006 Paul Barnes, 2006 Lonnie Latham, 2006 Gilbert Deya, 2006 Richard Roberts, 2007 Earl Paulk, 2007 Coy Privette, 2007 Thomas Wesley Weeks, III, 2007 Michael Reid, 2008 Joe Barron, 2008 1.27 Todd Bentley, 2008 George Alan Rekers, 2010 Eddie L. Long, 2010 Vaughn Reeves, 2010 Marcus Lamb 2010
And if and when it does become public there are more than enough others around that will give cover or excuses for it. Current favorite is “other denominations do it too”.
MOMMY! MOMMY! Notaliberal made me cry!!!!
A meaningless statement that can apply to any scandal.
The scandal of Pastor Ted Haggard, the born-again leader of the National Association of Evangelicals, cavorting with male prostitutes and getting high on crystal meth wasn't a scandal for the first few years - until it became public.
Haggard isn't Catholic.
blah, blah, blah.
Best of luck with your marriage Cutie, seeing that your wife’s been divorced twice already....you’re going to need it. And here’s hoping she holds her vows in more respect than she held your priestly vows....or her previous wedding vows. And seeing that you jumped ship the moment things got a tiny bit trying, here’s hoping you hold to these vows better than you held to your previous ones.
But seeing as the best indicator of future behavior is prior....I’m not holding my breath.
This sounds more like someone who left the Church because he couldn’t keep his *&@@ in his pants. So now he claims that they’re all like me.
Good riddance.
And the rest of you clowns who demand perfection: Form your own church and achieve it.
When I was in 4th grade at a Catholic school we had a big scandal.
The pastor of our Church Father G, and the Principal of our school, sister Theresa were caught in an ‘uncompromising position’ by a couple of nuns in the rectory. Turns out, both had been carrying on for the entire school year.
At the end of the school year, both resigned their positions and got married.
This was in 1977 and they are still married today.
Sometimes love happens...
I smell a new carer in televangelism in someones future.
You know what I find disgusting? There’s another thread about a college forcing nursing students to participate abortion. Instead of offering supportive comments of support for the fellow Christians who are having their religious freedoms violated, I see supposed christians using this thread to bash Catholics. Like it or not, Catholics are your brothers in Christ. Get over it.
isn’t that true of all scandals ?
Cutie? What kind of name is that?
I wonder if the catholic church is keeping any kind of data regarding how many of the priests have left the organized church to get married?
One must also wonder if...after all the education and training provided, it wouldn't be much smarter (and a damned site more useful) policy to do away with the manmade requirement for celebacy and keep these guys "on the payroll" so to speak?
Just thinkin' out loud....
I must have missed the part where he was forced to become a priest and take a vow of celibacy. It must be there — otherwise his story is exactly the same as that of John Edwards. Simply a man who cannot stand up to his vows.