It may be a regional thing.
In Milwaukee, we were taught(!!!) to avoid the use of the term "reverend" when speaking of priests, who were to be called "Father."
The idea was to distinguish between the Prot 'reverends' and the Catholic 'Fathers.'
Well, what do I know. I'm an Anglican.
We're Protestant, lower-case "c" catholic and apostolic, and call our married priests "Father."
But, hey, the Celts have been trouble since St. Augustine tried to usher them into the fold in 338 or whatever that synod was.