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Bombshell Secret Comes Out During Priest’s Trial for Alleged Sexual Assault

Mar. 15, 2013 10:13am Billy Hallowell

Father William Finnegan is on trial for alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl in England. But that’s not the only trouble he’s in. The Roman Catholic faith leader has a massive, earth-shattering secret — one that came out in court as officials were exploring the abuse case this week. He’s married.

According to multiple news reports, it was announced to jurors that Finnegan, 59, secretly wedded in 1999. After the woman’s previous marriage fell apart, she married the priest and the two told only those close to them about their matrimony.

Finnegan’s wife, whom his lawyer, Jeremy Hill-Baker, identified as Beverley Dawson, subsequently testified in court about how the couple are “deeply in love.”

Finnegan and Dawson, 48, apparently married when they were abroad. And, as the Daily Mail reports, after the wedding the priest would go home to his wife — a former parishioner – every Sunday, returning back to his parish, St. Clare’s Roman Catholic Church in Fagley, Bradford, England, each Tuesday.

The secretive wedding and marriage were obviously bombshell admissions, considering that Catholic priests are required to take a vow of celibacy. Thus, it was acknowledged in court that, regardless of the sex assault court outcome, his days as a priest are over.

Catholic Priest Father William Finnegan Reveals: He Was Secretly Married for 13 Years

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The Daily Mail partially transcribed a portion of Hill-Baker’s words before the court — the very statements that brought the secretive marriage to light:

“You may be thinking that he is only human, that Father Bill, as a Catholic priest, has taken a vow of celibacy, condemning himself to a single and lonely life filled with perhaps an underlying sexual frustration because, let’s face it, it is not a natural state for a human to be in.

It would be understandable for you to be thinking, ‘Well, perhaps it just got the best of him with that 17-year-old.’

Mr Hill-Baker then dropped the bombshell that Finnegan married Mrs Dawson, a mother of two, in Cyprus in September 1999.

No, you didn’t mishear me. So deeply in love was he that he was prepared to ignore the Catholic Church’s ban on marriage, a secret which has been kept from almost everyone until now.”

The allegation against him in court is that he forcibly kissed and inappropriately touched a 17-year-old girl last Easter Sunday. Finnegan denies these accusations. While the girl’s family claims he went to the home two days after the alleged incident unfolded and told the young woman he had sexual feelings for her, the priest’s story is radically different.

Finnegan maintains that it was the teenager who kissed him and that he forcefully pushed her away and explained that such interaction was not appropriate. His wife testified that he called her later that day and expressed his dismay at the young girl’s actions.

A verdict in the case could come today.

(H/T: Daily Mail)

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sparkyrules1
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:20am
Priests DEDICATE themselves to celibacy.They are a representative of whats good,moral and just. Maybe those who are tempted by sin never should have been Priests to start with!

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- DissenterKnight
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:47am
  If we follow that rule then no one would be eligible. We are all tempted, daily. If we even dare to claim that we are not tempted, then we are in fact not only tempted but have already failed; such a claim is the very essence of Pride. Pride is the seed from which the fall of Lucifer grew.
  
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- sparkyrules1
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:53am
  TY, DissenterKnight.Your right and thats why I’ll never be a Priest.But why should I tell another man my sins/mistakes and HE in turn gives me redemption,through the sacraments?
  
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- midnightvelvet
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 3:33pm
  I’m the second of my father’s five children. He was a pastor and was married almost 50 years when he passed away eight months after my mother. Perhaps the catholic church should consider allowing priests to marry? I know it comes up once in awhile.
  
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- DissenterKnight
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:24pm
  As a happy little Protestant, I can’t give you a good reason for that; it’s not something I practice or believe in. That said, there are times when there is healing in confession or in merely saying something out loud to another person. Again, I’m not a Catholic, but I have friends who are and even among them –including clergy- there are variations on the “what and whys” of confession. Some certainly see the act of absolution as just that, required for forgiveness of sins. Others see it as little more than opening their dark closet and owning their sins, confessing their humanity and their desire to atone for their short comings. The act of contrition (1000 Hail Marys, for instance) is a required ritual to some, an tangible means to express sorrow for sin to others. Regardless of where they fall, though, it’s not any of this that matters; what matters is their personal relationship with Christ. Even if they are dogmatically in error on the “what and whys” of some issue, provided it doesn’t conflict with the acceptance of Christ as the atonement for all, I’m generally not that concerned with their beliefs.
  
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- Hcall
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:43pm
  That probably wouldn’t leave many
  
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- Kathleen
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:05pm
  The fact that he married, means that he doesn’t agree with Catholic standards. Why do men like this not just become Protestants or something else?
  
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- MontereyWill
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:26pm
  Celibacy is unnatural, and will lead to immorality time and time again.
  
  Genesis 1:27 “God created man in His own image…”
  
  Genesis 1:28 “God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it…”
  
  No one should expect their Priest/Pastor to be free of sin, and anyone who does is impractical. We are all human and to be human is to commit sin. Jesus Christ was crucified and shed his own blood so that man would be forgiven of his sins; Hebrews 9:12 “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
  
  We do have laws, and those laws have consequences rightfully so. On the other hand, for the majority of history men have regularly taken women in their early teens as wives, and it has only been for something of the last hundred years or less that younger women are “off limits”. Is a 17 year old that turns 18 in a day really that much less of an adult? Regardless of whether or not he is guilty of sexual advance it is not like the girl was 9 or 10. A predator this does not make him. The age difference is more of a concern than her actually being 17. If he was 18 or 19 the same laws would still apply would they not? He is being targeted because he is a priest, and they are looking to make an example of him. Time to get real folks.
  
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- 1TrueOne55
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 5:42pm
  The Marriage ban in the Roman Catholic Church was actually a ban on all marriage not just priests. But when the 12th Century Pope that proclaimed it was reminded that if the Church banned all sexual activity and marriage the Church would destroy itself from the lack of practioners. Because if there is no pro-creation in the Church it will die/cease to exist. So he modified it to only Priests and Nuns.
  
  This came about when a well regarded Monk went to the Jehrico area to recreate Jesus’s 40 day wilderness experience. He did that and came back with a spiritual experience that the Church has been trying to recreate in its followers and priests.
  
  It was never a tenet before the twelfth century. Even Jewish priests were married but the Law stated that when the priest was doing his job at the temple he was to stay at the temple for 30 days and then go home to his wife.
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:53pm
  Protestant priests who convert to Catholicism have wives and kids. It’s happening a lot lately. It’s not fair to Catholic Priests. They need to give up the celibacy nonsense…it’s all about money – not spirituality (and that’s a fact).
  
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- lambsev
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 1:15am
  “Maybe those who are tempted by sin never should have been Priests to start with!”
  
  I have never met a man (or woman) who was not tempted to sin, have you? Jesus Himself was tempted in every way that mankind has ever ben tempted. But then today, who among Catholics (or protestants) reads and values the Bible to understand that, and to understand their own errors, if not the errors of their churches who fail to teach them the Bible?
  
  The Lord has delivered us from the Levitical priesthood, and their is now only one mediator (PRIEST) between God and mankind, the man the Messiah Jesus! The Catholic error which Jesus called by the name of the Nicolaitans wrongly re-established a separation between the clergy and the laity which Jesus has eliminated!
  
  Biblical and historical ignorance abound in the churches, may God rebuke, reprove, correct and instruct them, and may God have mercy on those without them. Jesus Name.
  
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- Ragnars Repos
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 4:42am
  “Priests DEDICATE themselves to celibacy”
  
  That’s their second monumental mistake.
  
  There is nothing good about this barbaric religion. It’s absolute insanity on parade.
  
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- Platonician
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:13am
  Another anti-catholic story by gay supremacist Billy Hallowell, while he spews this hateful, hundreds of thousands of priests are teaching, healing, feeding, consoling poor people all across the world.
  
  Beck should fire gayboy Billy Hallowell!
  
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- Platonician
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:14am
  Another anti-catholic story by gay supremacist Billy Hallowell, while he spews this hateful, hundreds of thousands of priests are teaching, healing, feeding, consoling poor people all across the world.
  
  Beck should fire gayboy Billy Hall–O–well
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:11am
  I’m torn on that one. Part of me agrees, and if they think they can’t remain celibate, then they shouldn’t be priests. Afterall, Jesus knows what it was like to remain celibate through temptations. But the other part of me thinks if they enforced that, they would run out of priests in today’s society. That that’s all they’ll think about, instead of it clearing their minds for God’s work. If they allowed marriage, like the non-Catholic, maybe there wouldn’t be so many pediphiles.
  
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- Arnold_Ziffel
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 9:25am
  I wonder if you are familiar with 1 Timothy 3:2-4 or 1 Timothy 4?
  
  Maybe Francis will move to allow this priest to stay a priest. It would only be appropriate and the first step to righting a wrong that is long overdue for fixing.
  
  Come on Catholics, dogma can’t be allowed to replace the word of God.
  
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- begreen
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 11:25am
  It’s in the Bible why priest gave up marriage for the sake of God” kingdom. Forexample,
  .Matthew 19:12 12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
  1 Corinthians 7:32-35
  King James Version (KJV)
  32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
  33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife
  
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- jdelta1adams
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 6:47pm
  since when is getting married a sin? celibacy is not required by the word of god, but by a papal decree issued in the year 1023. one does not have to be celibate to be a priest, it’s just that the custom has become so wide spread as to be expected of all of them
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 10:14am
  Well, here we go. There is nothing that says Priest could not marry or have children. This is a man made law by the church.
  
  See the problem arose when the Priest died. All his worldly belonging, Money, House, and Land went to his wife and children. Now remember this is around ad 305-450, the talk starts about with “Bishops, presbyters, deacons, and others with a position in the ministry are to abstain completely from sexual intercourse with their wives and from the procreation of children. (305)” Now the ground work is laid. Now, the million dollar question.
  
  When a priest dies what happens to all their worldly wealth? Yes, the church receives it.
  
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- Protege
  Posted on March 17, 2013 at 11:24am
  Because the Catholic church demonized women in the dark ages and didn’t want to pay to support a family or have the appearance of a hereditary system in their ranks. It’s not a pretty truth, but there it is.
  
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zapparules
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:20am
Maybe the Catholic Church should follow the path of the Boy Scouts… Ban all male priests because there is the threat they may act immoral.
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- sparkyrules1
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:21am
  Maybe your an idiot.
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:28am
  Sparky, maybe you should stop licking yourself.
  
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- Tom K
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:51am
  @ ZAPPARULES : Maybe the Boy Scouts of America took a long look at the Catholic Church’s experience of sexual misconduct perpertrated by Predatory Homosexual Priests and decided not to allow deviants into the Boy Scout Troops. Hmmmm . . ?
  
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- Miami
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:56am
  Maybe you should be banned from the internet? You might check that will write something stupid
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:59am
  I guess he like frocking to much to be defrocked.
  
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- beotheous
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:59am
  The boy scouts should ban gays because they are mentally ill, and suffer from other psychological troubles at a greater rate than hetero males. Nothing to do with a married priest.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:50pm
  Zap, they need to focus on homosexuals and the problems that come with it.
  
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- Southerner01
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:55pm
  Except that the boy scouts don’t ban male scout leaders, so your comment makes no sense at all Zappa!
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:56pm
  beotheous
  
  Private Manning
  Steven Slater
  
  http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/not_grounded_kjeBI3wpVhYIk0yJjqhtxI
  
  Part of it is due to society. But you have got to wonder how much. They won’t fess up though, far from it.
  
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- Owt_Raged
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:37pm
  Or maybe they should just do what the Bible tells them to and appoint only married men, who have families which at the very least are NOT a bad example.
  
  1 Timothy 3:1-7
  If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? …
  
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- Schteveo
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:24pm
  I think the rules here keep me from questioning you intelligence and whether your parents were ever married, so….
  
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- neidermeyer
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:40pm
  I’m 100% behind “OWT-RAGED” , Priests aren’t supermen … and until the early middle ages they were expected to be married .. it was ended because they were becoming too much of a burden on their parishes to support a large family.
  
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- dontmindme
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:59pm
  I don’t understand why the Church has not changed its policy on marriage and female priests. The priesthood is dwindling terribly in America because as much as men complain about the old ball-and-chain wife and kids, they want to go to bed next to someone they love. Loving a family does not take away from praising God and I’d think it would bring a priest closer to his parishioners and vice versa.
  
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- piper60
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 5:39am
  Of what dost thou speak?The BSA doesn’t ban all males-justthose with public record homosexuality.
  
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jujubeebee
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:19am
He should have left the priesthood in 1999. You cannot convict without proof of anything. Liars come in both sexes.

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sparkyrules1
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:15am
I wonder how many Mormons have secrets to hide?

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- sta
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:21am
  I think we all have secrets to hide.
  All are sinners.
  
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- Miami
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:24am
  I wonder how many of our leaders have secrets to hide?
  http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/yuri-bezmenov-ex-kgb-psychological-warfare-techniques-subversion-control-of-western-society/question-1364751/
  
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- NWWADD
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:39am
  SPARKYRULES1 – Are you kidding me? NO ONE is the Church of JESUS CHRIST of Ladder Day Saints live selibit lives. No one. Do you even know what you are talking about?
  
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- AmericaMustBeFree
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:41am
  What does that have to do with the article? I am sick of people who pick on any faith. We all pray to the same God! That you ask that question just shows me how very ignorant you really are! I pity you! There isn’t one person on this earth that hasn’t committed a sin! Including yourself! Christ said, “As I have loved you, love one another!” My plan is to pray for people such as yourself that are steeped in hate for mankind!
  
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- Lazier Than Thou
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:50am
  Ya know, Sparkyrules1, I hate the be the guy that gives you this terrible information. I really do. I remember back when I was naive and idealistic, when the grass was always green and there was never anything wrong ever. Unfortunately, everyone has to grow up sometime. Maybe that day is today for you. We’ll see what happens.
  
  The answer to your question is “all of them.” Yep. All of them. Why? Because Mormons are human beings and human beings are all inherently flawed, corrupted things. We’re all fallen. It’s too bad, really. But, see, the really big problem comes when you broaden the question just a smidgen.
  
  I wonder how many people have secrets to hide?
  
  I can answer that one, too. It’s, in fact, the exact same answer as the question about Mormons and how many have secrets to hide. All of them. All people have secrets. All people have things about them that they don’t want everyone to know. You, me, guy down the street. All of us want our secrecy.
  
  Is it really so bad that Mormons are as human as everyone else?
  
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- canadianlady
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:50am
  I wonder how many secrets you’re hiding.
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:01pm
  Jodi ARias victim was a nice Mormon boy.
  And she converted.
  
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- sparkyrules1
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:14pm
  Wow..look at the defense of Mormonism!
  All I did was ask a question.
  FYI,I’m a confirmed Catholic.But I don’t practice anymore.
  
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- sparkyrules1
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:22pm
  Glenn Beck is a good man,thats all I know.I’m always happy to be a part of the Blaze.Nobody has to be perfect around here.I’m learning just like everybody else.
  
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- buckeye-jo
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:36pm
  Sparky, you’re the one who brought it up so the responses you are getting directly affect the question you posed. Essentially, the question is irrelevant to the story so there really was no need to pose it.
  
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- Schteveo
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 2:25pm
  I wonder how many people named Sparky are fools?
  
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- soundtracktowar
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:44pm
  That was random.
  
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- Toltepeceno
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 7:29pm
  AMERICAMUSTBEFREE Well said, there’s too much hate between religions. If they stuck together the anti religion people would not have a chance.
  
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- christos
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 3:06am
  sparkyrules1 – One obvious thing unlike the Catholics,Mormons are humble & they have no organized idea to Rule the World.TA,,,as for the Catholic priest celibacy where in the Bible does it state this requirement? Good Wonder.
  
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Grace1798
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:14am
Satan accuses the brethren, children of God. Most predators are sneaky and careful and manipulators and never get caught. People who are not predators usually get accused of doing what they have not done, but because it’s always blown out of proportion, people usually believe and even parrot the first thing they read or hear. I always tend to dive deeper or wait till more truth is revealed. If this priest is indeed married, then he really needs to leave the priesthood and live right before God. But I do not believe this girl’s accusations. But we shall see when more is revealed.

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Yaya2
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:14am
I do not think we were created to be alone. We are born with the desire to have companionship whether in friendships or more serious relationships. We, or most of us, want to have fellowship with others. It’s how we respond and treat others that is important..”do unto others as you would have them do unto you”.

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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:44am
  Humans are born with many desires – I have the desire to crash my car into those I see with Obama bumper stickers but I resist that desire.
  
  Part of the priesthood of the Catholic Church requires priest’s to overcome many more worldly desires thatnthe average Joe is required to do. They are to allow the power of God to aid them and use follow Christ’s example to overcome tempation by focusing on and drawing closer to God’s will than that of their carnal mind.
  
  While the Catholic church considers Peter to be the first Pope (Peter was married – he had a mother-in-law) a truer example of the role of the priest would be the Apostle Paul, who wrote many times concerning overcoming wordly desires and remained unamrried and celibate
  
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- JediKnight
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:03pm
  Priests are permitted, in the Eastern Rite, to be married, but only if they were married before becoming priests (so Peter being married before becoming the Pope is perfectly valid).
  
  Priests are not alone though. They are essentially married to the Church. The parishioners are their children. To view a priest as being “alone” is to not understand the priesthood. Earthly desires are just that, desires. When you become a Priest, you become married to the Church.
  
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- Noah_fing-whey
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 1:42pm
  KATDEEBEAU – Humans are born with many desires – I have the desire to crash my car into those I see with Obama bumper stickers but I resist that desire. LOL. but it sure is hard isn’t it?
  
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- birthright
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 8:58pm
  Actually, kaydeebeau, Paul was married at one time. He was a member of the Sanhedrin before his conversion to Christianity. One requirement for membership was being married. His wife could possibly have died at some point or she left him when he converted. He chose not to remarry and spoke in his letters about the advantages for his ministry.
  
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Denise Matthews
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:13am
In the Word of God Paul tells us that it is better to marry than to burn (with lust) that he (Paul) would rather a man be single to devote his time to GOD. He also makes it clear that it is his own teaching not that from GOD. The Word of God also tells us that there would be a religion that would forbid its clergy to marry & forbid the eating of meats on certain days but it wasn’t necessarily good doctrine. I would much rather see this priest marry a woman than be molesting boys! Good the for priest.

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- Miami
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:22am
  The Boys have nothing to do with the ban on marriage but the infiltration and subversion of the Church by Marxist http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/yuri-bezmenov-ex-kgb-psychological-warfare-techniques-subversion-control-of-western-society/question-1364751/
  
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L84AD8
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:11am
Priests use to be able to be married. I think they should be allowed. It would prevent a lot of the molesting and more good men could become priests.

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- zapparules
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:16am
  Now why, what proof have you to offer that allowing priests to marry would result in less molesting?
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:14pm
  This probably isn’t the best article to make your point on. I do agree with you though.
  
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- walnutportconservative
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:43pm
  Tell me where in the bible, that it is suggested our church leaders not marry.
  
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- iampraying4u
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 6:38pm
  We dont need a priest we have Jesus
  
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Gargent_Furball
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:09am
Next time You screw up, let’s crucify you, EH ?

What would Jesus do ?

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jakartaman
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:08am
Remember hate the sin love the sinner.
He who is without sin cast the first stone.
Caesar will take care of his worldly sin retribution – the faithful should forgive

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- Miami
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:16am
  Not if they’re using the cloth/faith as a tool to perform said sin.
  
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Miami
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:08am
This is all part of the Communist plan of infiltration as told by a former KGB agent. As to destroy the structure of the nation, undermining the pillars of the Constitution.

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- Miami
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:13am
  Here are all the videos to back it up
  
  http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/yuri-bezmenov-ex-kgb-psychological-warfare-techniques-subversion-control-of-western-society/question-1364751/
  
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- qualityrkc
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:46am
  Paranoid much? There is no communist takeover. Here in america we have only large multi national corporations which pulls the strings of government. This is not communism, it is fascism. The aca is a prime example of what I am speaking of. Private insurers lobby corporatist politicians to pass a bill that gives insurance companies a customer base any industry could only dream of. Private insurers wrote the bill for pete sakes. Our problem is not communism but instead out of control crony capitalism.
  
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- qualityrkc
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:52am
  You are showing symptons of paranoid obsessiveness. This usually leads to fits of violent rage. You should seek help before it gets worse.
  
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- Miami
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:59am
  Watch the videos and learn for yourself
  
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Gargent_Furball
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:06am
Name me one religion that does not have sinners.?

Not saying this is right at all. Bad people are put in trusting positions all the time.

I know some of the inhabitants of earth have never done anything wrong. You are very lucky.

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- hillbillyinny
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:45pm
  “All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.” Romans 3:23
  
  Therefore, ALL are sinners, it’s just that many are not sensitized to sin and some are not sensitized to God’s forgiveness of sins and think that they cannot or are not forgiven when they confess their sins as convicted (directly or as the Church teaches, through a priest who stands in “persona Christi” (Latin for in the “person of Christ,” as if it were Jesus Himself).
  
  God is a Righteous God and cannot be in the presence of unrighteousness, even though He LOVES everyone, individually. We limit our ultimate eternity by either giving up sin and having contrition for our sins (remosefulness), or by not seeking God’s forgiveness or denying God completely.
  
  Your decision. . .
  
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YOURSENSEI
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:05am
This is what you must know:

Priest? Shock? Hardly. Disgust? Absolutely.

It is so.
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JEANNIEMAC
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:00am
The priest broke his vow of celibacy. Now he is committing adultery with a married woman. A divorce is not recognized in the church as ending a marriage, therefore he is an adulterer.

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- L84AD8
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:12am
  Teddy Kennedy did it and he had kids.
  
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justiceday
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:59am
I wish people worried as much about military rapes as what goes on in the catholic church. The DoD estimates 50 sexual assaults PER DAY! Where’s the outrage for that.

http://www.theusmarinesrape.com/HideTheTruth.html

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- qualityrkc
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:21am
  1 in 3 female servieman are raped while serving. That is just ghastly. Alot of military recruits are the bottom of the barrel. The smart ones are no longer joining the service.
  
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Gladileftcalifornia
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:52am
He isn’t a priest, he’s a manipulative predator.

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- Grace1798
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:07am
  The girl could be lying folks if he rejected her advances. We don’t know who is to blame. We were not there. The Judge was not there. If he has indeed married in secret, then he needs to leave the priesthood because he broke his vows to God on staying celibate. Personally, I believe priests should be allowed to marry. If they want to be celibate, then become a monk and stay away from people. Otherwise, if you are a priest around a lot of people, they should allow them to marry. Nothing in the Bible tells anyone not to marry unless you are out there preaching from country to country and in fear of your family becoming a target for those who hate you. But let us not judge until we know the facts and the truth. You know how people can LIE and make up accusations against a good person. I never believe the first thing I hear….NEVER. I know human nature.
  
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- MDECKER
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:21am
  It turns out that he’s actually a Muslim Cleric, pretending to be a Rabbi, while playing the part of a Priest, and moonlights as a bouncer at a strip joint, on the Sabbath.
  
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Kara_ite
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:52am
The priest is supposed to take of vow of celibacy and poverty. This vow is a vow to Almighty God, not to the Church of Rome. Now, look at how the Bishops and Cardinals live, does that look like poverty to you?

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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:06am
  Obviously you do not know how a Bishop or Cardinal live.
  Do not judge them by the car they use or their clothing or their home, those are all owned by the Church and the local parish or diocese.
  All of these men in the priesthood at any level literally have not one penny to their names. They have NO wealth what-so-ever. Their “salary” is to pay for basic needs, food, clothing, and whatever recreation they take during times not on duty, just like all other normal people around the world. But their “salary” is less than a minimum wage worker would make.
  Their vehicles are donated by members of the Church. Their homes and all real estate the Church has was left/donated to the Church when a member died. Same with EVERYTHING inside the Vatican, be it artwork or literature or mechanical.
  You see a Bishop exit a gated compound but don’t understand that there might be a dozen or two clergy, not just one man. That compound is open to the public and ALSO serves as the office building for the Bishop and his diocese, which means dozen more clergy come in every day to do their jobs as well as tending to services on the weekends at their local parish.
  Those “servants” you see that attend to the Bishop are other Priests or Nuns that have taken on roles of service as their obedience to God, some spending their entire life caring for other members of the clergy.
  Please don’t speak on things you know nothing about, it makes you a fool.
  
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- Small World
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:07am
  I have thought that same thing for a long time.Jesus and his apostles did not live like that.This so called priest needs to get out of the Catholic church after he gets out of prison.
  
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- DavidInStLouis
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:19am
  VRW Conspirator has got it completely correct, and well and clearly stated too :)
  
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- sta
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:36am
  Nuns take a vow of poverty, not priests. Some orders, such as the Dominican friars will, but most, especially diocesan clergy simply do not.
  So you can put your indignation away now.
  
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willbedone
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:49am
This story reminds me of the story of the trap that the Pharisees set for the Messiah. The story of the woman caught in adultery. In biblical times those that threw the first stones were the witnesses to the crime. NO witnesses in person at either altercation.

I am not a Catholic nor do I have a cat it this cat fight, these are just my opinions.

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:45am
Each individual is responsible for their own morals and ethics or lack of morals and ethics.. This priest has lost honor and trust in front of God and all those that had faith in his words that he expressed to his parishioners and all. There is no excuse for such conduct and he like all of us will stand in front of God on Judgement Day.

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Locked
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:43am
It disturbs me that “Old man had sex with underaged girl!” isn’t a bombshell, but “Old man secretly married a woman he loves!” is. Oh, this crazy, messed up world in which we live…

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- zapparules
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:15am
  To bad it is NOT “Old man had sex with underage girl”.
  He supposedly kissed and inappropriately touched a teenager.
  BIG difference!
  
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- Locked
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:29am
  @Zappa
  
  You’re right, sorry for my mistake.
  
  “Old man sexually assaulted an underage girl.” That sounds much better, doesn’t it?
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:18pm
  I consider it progress for the priesthood…at least it’s a girl this time.
  
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Grace1798
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:43am
Hard to know who to believe because I have seen it both ways. I have seen priests do what he’s accused of doing and ultimately leave the priesthood. On the other hand, I have also seen, more than not, young girls push themselves on priests and also pastors. I have seen things that disturbed me more often than I’d like to say. One Youth Pastor left his wife and kids for a 16 year old girl he impregnated in a local church we used to attend. These young girls are not shy anymore today. Nothing like it was when I grew up in the early 50s. We were all shy and afraid. Not so today. God help us all.

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kadster01
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:40am
A priest molested a GIRL? Now that’s news!

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SUNTZU
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:39am
Had sex with a teenage girl,Ooo-k
Married,Holy-crap

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123456beatriz
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:37am
Who is right?. If the teen has not physical evidence is very difficult to proof it.

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- 1proudAmerican
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:55am
  Whether or not he’s guitly and/or convicted, this accusation will be with him for the rest of his life. Thanks to the internet, innocent people get smeared in front of the entire world.
  
  I’m not Catholic, so I don’t really understand why priests have to be celibate. Still, he should’ve stopped being a priest if he wanted to get married instead of keeping it secret. It’s ironic that having sexual contact with a teenager isn’t as bad as being married.
  
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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 11:16am
  the problem is that many people have jumped on the bandwagon of bashing the Catholic Church and accusing priests of sexual misconduct because they see a paycheck waiting in the wings from all the large Civil suits being filed because the Criminal statute is expired. The RCC has had to pay out 10′s of millions over the last decades to attone for the actions of less than 10% of the clergy and those that either overtly or covertly covered for those clergy that should have been handed over immediately to authorities.
  we are all guilty of buying into the MSM cry of “guilty until proven innocent” and that goes DOUBLE for Evangelicals and Liberals when it comes to the Catholic Church. In fact, I would say that the majority of Evangelicals cry LOUDER than the MSM and Liberals against the RCC all the while refusing to look at the plank in their own eye.
  The rate of sexual misconduct among the General population, teachers, Police, the RCC, or ANY denomination is the SAME!! about 10%. BUT just like with the Conservative-Liberal coverage, there are different standards. People scream when they hear about a teacher or Priest but ignore their pedophile neighbor because “he/she seemed like such a nice person and was NEVER a problem.”
  
  Did the RCC have a HUGE problem? YES. Are they trying to fix it and remove the cancer? YES. Should we concentrate on ourselves and our own church? YES.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:29am
There are priests who leave the order because they fell in love. Instead of violating their oath they get the blessing of the church to leave the order and their vows. This man is a liar and a charlatan, and likely a predator.

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