 "Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService)")
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Ex-priests hope pope will someday no longer require celibacy.
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Byline: Darlene Gavron Stevens
CHICAGO _ Overwhelmed by the loneliness and loss that celibacy placed on him, John Horan kissed the altar and left the priesthood on June 6, 1988. Two years later, he wed Mary, a woman he had dated while he was in the seminary.
"I know God wanted me to serve the church, but he also gave me the gift of loving Mary," said Horan, who had been ordained in 1981. "Both callings are holy. The day I left, I thought, `This is stupid.' It...
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Ex-priests hope pope will someday no longer require celibacy.
Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
; Byline: Darlene Gavron Stevens CHICAGO _ Overwhelmed by the loneliness and loss that celibacy placed on him, John Horan kissed the altar and left the priesthood on June 6, 1988. Two years later, he wed Mary, a woman he had dated while he was in the seminary. I know God wanted me to serve the
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Believe it or not, most priests are happy Most say they would follow same path, study shows
Chicago Sun-Times
; The priesthood is under attack, yet priests are still among the most happy men in the world. For the last several months, newspapers and television have reported horrible stories of the abuse of the young by priests. Reveling in the attack, columnists with some thin connection to the church--people
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Priests here vote to create alliance
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Priests here vote to create alliance Body to be independent of Catholic hierarchy By TOM HEINEN AND MARY ZAHN theinen@journalsentinel.com Friday, September 19, 2003 A gathering of about 80 priests from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee voted Thursday to form an alliance that could be both a support
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Roman Catholic priests nationwide living with, dying of AIDS-related illnesses.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests across the United States have died of AIDS- related illnesses, and hundreds more are living with HIV, the virus that causes the disease. The actual number of AIDS deaths is difficult to determine. But it appears priests are dying of AIDS at a rate at least four
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A problem nationwide.(pedophilia and sexual misconduct by Roman Catholic priests)(Brief Article)
U.S. News & World Report
; Pedophilia and sexual misconduct by Roman Catholic priests first attracted national attention in Lafayette, La., in 1984, when criminal and civil charges were filed against the Rev. Gilbert Gauthe, who pleaded guilty to molesting 11 boys. In the 18 years since, sexual allegations have been leveled
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From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile. By James C. VanderKam. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004, xix + 548 pp., $35.00. James C. VanderKam surveys and summarizes what can be known about the Jewish high priests who served after the exile until the destruction of the second Temple in AD 70.
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Survey Finds Most Priests, Nuns Content
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... finds that the vast majority - 87 percent of priests and 88 percent of nuns - would take their vows again. The poll began making news months ago after church officials railed against the questionnaire, calling it a recipe for "Catholic bashing." However, the ...
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More women speaking out about relationships with priests. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; She was 19 and dreamed of being a missionary in Appalachia; he was 24 and studying to be a Roman Catholic priest. Their friendship and their burning desire to serve God gave way to a burning passion for each other. For 15 years they had a secret love affair, which continued off-and-on after he was
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Valley parishioners blast bishop's decision Gerry's action in removing priests called 'cruel'
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; ... events occurring in the Archdiocese of Boston, an unrelenting news media, a change in the minds of experts about sexual offenders ... Gerry said threats made by people to go public in the Maine news media about the two northern Maine priests accused of sexual ...
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Priests' group to take up peer reviews for accountability; Homosexuality, marriage among issues to be discussed.(NATION)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Larry Witham, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The independent National Federation of Priests' Councils meets today in Chicago to discuss peer reviews as a way to improve the accountability and image of the nation's priests in the wake of sex-abuse scandals that have rocked the U.S. Catholic Church.
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