[ebb tide]

However, the response of the saints who were wronged by the hierarchy has always been obedience.

St. Paul was not obedient, nor was St. Athanasius, nor St. Joan of Arc. As a matter of fact, Cardinal Bergoglio public dissed Pope Benedict's Regensburg address.

Have you ever heard of "false obedience"?

[SpirituTuo]

Sorry, none of your examples hold up as appropriate for this context. St. Athanius wasn’t disobeying his religious superior, Joan of Arc wasn’t a confessed religious, and St. Paul cries out against disobedience.

In this case, with this priest, his comments are inappropriate, whether the comments are correct or incorrect.