[wideawake]

Fr. Bergman, 34, and the father of three children said, "I think that the ordination of Robinson is the logical conclusion of the contraceptive mentality. When Lambeth approved contraception for married couples in 1930 they set the stage for the Robinson consecration in 2003. You remove the marital act from its purpose and we bless sterile intercourse. It is not a big jump to bless then sterile homosexual intercourse."

Couldn't have been said better.

Humanae Vitae BUMP.

[wideawake]

Interesting.

[Tamar1973]

Since the ECUSA doesn't want to allow conservative priests/parishes to answer to G-d fearing bishops in Africa or Asia, this kind of thing is going to happen more often.

[nuconvert]

"Diocese of Scanton"

Wanna buy an "r"?

[conservlib]

Married Catholic priests in the eastern rights have been approved by Rome for generations. Rome is refusing to allow the rest of its priests similar options. I think it would reduce the number of child molesters, and homosexual priests. The big idea of have celibacy is nonsense, especially in today sex obsessed Western societies.

[jimbergin]

Even before the ECUSA's problems of the last 18 months, there were many married Episcoopal priests who swam the Tiber. I am sure there will be even more over the next few months after the February Primate's meeting where I fear nothing will really happen.

[Graymatter]

He is a married priest being accepted into the Roman Catholic priesthood because he couldn't abide his church's sanction of homosexuality. Have I got that right?

Good thing he's not a woman priest. That would have complicated things.

[sockmonkey]

Thanks for posting this. My Priest, and a group of families entered corporately into the RC Church over 20 years ago via the Pastoral Provision.

We also use Rite One of the Book of Divine Worship at our Masses. My Parish, Our Lady of the Atonement in San Antonio was the first Anglican Use Roman Catholic Parish.

http://www.atonementonline.com

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Salvation]

This has happened two times in the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon.

[Salvation]

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[Aquinasfan]

"I think that the ordination of Robinson is the logical conclusion of the contraceptive mentality. When Lambeth approved contraception for married couples in 1930 they set the stage for the Robinson consecration in 2003. You remove the marital act from its purpose and we bless sterile intercourse. It is not a big jump to bless then sterile homosexual intercourse."

Amen brother.

[wtc911]

If the RC church had allowed this in the 70s I am certain that a good number of Catholics would have left the church, become Episcopalian ministers, married and then gone back. I know some who would have in a heart beat.

[ArrogantBustard]

Welcome aboard!

[NYer]

In 1980, His Holiness Pope John Paul II granted a Pastoral Provision for the establishment of parishes composed of former Episcopalians which could use a modified liturgy from _The Book of Common Prayer_. There are, at present, six parishes in the USA now using the Anglican Use liturgy. (There are other groups now forming. Canonically, any groups seeking permission to use the Anglican Use liturgy must be composed of former Episcopalians. But once permission is given any Catholic may participate.) These parishes are in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, but permitted to have their own distinctive liturgy and also permitted to follow their own customs at Mass.
The Anglican Use Liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church

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[Sensei Ern]

In the early 80's I considered being a Catholic priest, but I wanted to marry as well, so I left the Catholic religion altogether. Had I known about this loophole, things may have turned out different.

[longtermmemmory]

This would be a MAJOR MSM story.

Not because the priest is married, but because he left the ECUSA order and he is taking 60 parishoners with him. This is a PUBLIC act, I would suggest that each of those 60 represents much more in private acts.

[the invisib1e hand]

is the news here that the Episcopal Church allowed a homosexual into clergy or that the Catholic Church ordained a married man as a priest. Just don't get it.

[k2blader]

I've never understood why Catholics believe their priests shouldn't be married. Then again, I've never understood the Catholic priest thing in the first place.