I will share my own story—My father was a priest who stayed a priest. He took advantage of my mother who lived in the rectory with her family, poor parents , brothers and sisters.. He got her pregnant and made sure I was given up for adoption.” Out of sight out of mind” Not for me!!!
We talk about the natural law and then ask priests to live a life for most , un-natural , celibacy.
I don’t agree with most that child abuse is not because they are celibate. It is a lot easier to abuse children than women. With my husband being one of the first ” Director of Deacons” in any diocese I could see the pain of loneliness not having family. I had a few major crisis so friends asked why I didn’t go to the priest. I said that would be the last place I would go. Not living in family they would just say to pray some more I believe in married priests . I also think that the community should have some say who they would like to lift up for ordination since they work, play and pray together. Since the church has deaf ears about women and their needs, maybe they would be heard with married priests being husband and family.
Calling protestant pastors to catholic ordination is ludicrous. We have 15 ex-priests in our rather small community since they already have training, start there .. Eventually, include women. I was asked several times to write a book calling it “Celibacy’s Child” wish i was a writer.
The People Speak Out
Local voices connecting globally
This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good. (Pope Francis) |
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Canon Law 212 calls upon the laity to speak up:2 - The Christian faithful are free to make known to the pastors of the Church their needs, especially spiritual ones, and their desires.§3. - According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons. |
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