Priests torn between love for spouse and celibacy vows

Brief:

Fr Godfrey Siundu, Kenya’s first head of the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ (ECCC), a splinter group from the Roman Catholic Church, has been called a rebel without a cause. ...more

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1. On Monday June 29, 2009, 18:20 PM , Mut Karanja, Kenya wrote:
  I acknowledge that is is hard to write very objectively about an issue like this, however one primary rule of journalism is objectivity and unbiased research. These guys having been trained fail to keep the vows,instead of asking for a dispensation, they go ahead to become bishops and shamelessly smile with their wives. What value would such a priest add in my life?

 
2. On Monday June 29, 2009, 2:41 AM , Mariam, Canada wrote:
  Priests and Bishops who openly defy the teachings of the Church are not Catholics. They chose disobedience and desecrate the Church and all faithful around the world. What kind of example is this behaviour to these children begotten in these liasons? What kind of woman would help destroy the vows of a priest or Bishop who promised to the Church and God himself to be faithful? I am disgusted.

 
3. On Monday June 29, 2009, 0:53 AM , joe, Malaysia wrote:
  The smoke of Satan has entered the Church just like Pope Paul VI has said. Now it must be a time of cleansing as all these filth and imposters are surfacing and with it many will fall, but what will rise from all these is a Church rid of most of the influence of Satan through his cohorts.

 
4. On Sunday June 28, 2009, 14:14 PM , Benedict, Singapore wrote:
  I find the comments of these priests quite amusing, particularly because they blame everyone for their actions except themselves. Regardless of what they think of Catholic Church's position on chastity, they took the vow. Even excluding the vow from the conversation, they were sinning against the Commandments by engaging in sexual activities outside of marriage. This sin was a matter of free-will.

 
5. On Sunday June 28, 2009, 11:20 AM , Dewey F. Totty Jr., United States wrote:
  Where one's treasure is stored is where one's heart resides. A priest who will sell his soul for earthly treasures is not the kind of example the Catholic Church needs, nor does HIS newly established church (ECCC)either.

 
6. On Sunday June 28, 2009, 11:15 AM , Dewey F. Totty Jr., United States wrote:
  Where one's treasure is stored is where one's heart resides. A priest who will sell his soul for earthly treasures is not the kind of example the Catholic Church needs, nor does HIS newly established church either.

 

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