On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:11:46 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 1/30/2018 2:45 PM, wrote:
>
>>> I grew up in Philadelphia that had a mediocre public school system and
>>> not notch Catholic school system, one of the best in the country. I got
>>> a good education and my parents donated to pay for it. At a fairly early
>>> age though, I questioned some of the religious aspects of it.
>>>
>>> The priest at our church did not prey on the alter boys though. He
>>> knocked up a high school girl.
>>
>> Anything happen to him as a result?
>>
>No longer a priest and he married her. No idea if they are still
>together. He was a good looking young guy that probably should have
>taken a different path in life. She was looking for some sort of
>counseling and got something to make her feel batter, I guess.

That celibacy idea is their undoing. For too long nobody thought it
strange seeing a priest with kids but had they seen a non-priest of
that age hanging around kids, they would have challenged it. Perfect
place for paedophiles to hide, you don't see twigs in forests.