Kinda creepy...

Oh my. What are you thinking of doing?

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That is kinda creepy. Why don't you respond?

Personally - I believe it's nobody's business if a priest is using personal ads...

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What would you do if you came across a personal ad for somebody that you knew was in a current relationship?

You'd probably keep quiet about it.

He's in a relationship with God.

Same situation.

I'd keep quiet, unless a minor was involved.

I went on a couple of dates with a priest (yes, Roman Catholic). He was on leave from the church at the time, and deciding if he wanted to continue. That could be the case here as well.

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Just curious. How did you know the guy in the ad was a priest?

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Obviously, I could just leave this well enough alone. BUT, it might not be a bad idea just to throw out there so people are aware it happens - not that it would be much of a surprise to most.

I had affairs with Roman Catholic priests all of my adult life - and a couple when I was a late teenager (VERY consensual, mind you.) They were always some of the most intelligent, charming, aware, talented people I knew. And I can't say that the fear of the forbidden didn't add a certain dimension to our relationships.

Finally, though, I had to walk away from all of them - and truthfully, for good - because I couldn't handle the hypocricy any longer. When I would ask them how they could represent the judgement against that which they were, they would invariably say that THEY didn't judge, and THEY didn't condemn. And I always was left with the fact that they REPRESENTED that which did.

I don't regret any of those involvements. I grew up with that church, and know full well that they're just human beings living out a particular brand of social service. But I also pity them somewhat, because they never got to know what it's like to live a fully actualized honest life - and that's a sin.

Forget about the priests. I know some hot argentinian rabbis if you're interested. Latin and jewish!

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When they do the Hamotzi (bread prayer)in hebrew with a spanish accent during friday night services, i SCHVITZ.

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Thanks DGrant. Did you ever feel like 'the other woman' so to speak? I hope I'm not prying! Pretend I don't exist if I am!

Don't you just hate it when a priest falls prey to being human?

I would hope my response would be to say a prayer for him, that he find comfort and reconcile his relationship to his God. And to acknowledge that the wheels of change turn SO very slowing within some institutions, sometimes over hundreds of years. Because in the end, they are just man made insitutions. And to pray that some day other priest won't need to be conflicted by any taint of hypocrisy. You know...for being mere humans.

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Huh. I spent all those years in Catholic Schools and locker rooms and trips with priests, and one never hit on me.

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Beaver, it is not your place to do anything. I have several good friends who are priests, and while I am confused how they can keep their faith, yet be gay is beyond me. It's none of my, or your business.

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