I wonder if Mr. K even considered the possibility the ex-priest might be harshly judgemental of the Church he once took an oath to serve as a way of extinguishing the guilt which naturally occurs once one breaks their vows.
Have you ever heard an ex-wife or an ex-husband trash the one they had previously promised to love all of their life?
It is quite natural, sadly, that expriests attack the Church for her failings, real and imagined, because that justifies (in their mind)their abandoning their vows.
In fact, try and find an expriest cited who condemns their failures and not the Church. Someone else - the Catholic Church in this instance- is always to blame. Typical liberal guilt in action
"Sorry, once I saw the gentleman was quoting the hateful judgements about the Catholic Church by the former priest, Jim Carroll, I clicked out of the story."
IMHO the article is worth reading to the end as the author goes on to disagree with Carroll and says why he is wrong. He also criticises the Jewish voices who side with Carroll.
The article has a fresh approach which I have not seen taken from a Jewish p.o.v. before.