Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Thursday, September 15, 2011

Really,


I think the best thing is for these priests to stay out of these sorts of positions.

Father Pavone suspended from ministry outside Amarillo Diocese

That way, when there are irregularities of any kind, there isn't any kind of negative reflection on the priesthood and the Catholic Church.

These sorts of things are becoming just too common lately...

Here's another article, this one from the secular press: Bishop suspends priest; Letter cites 'potential financial scandal'.
In this article, it says:
"Priests for Life is rated a two-star charity on a four-star scale by Charity Navigator, a watchdog group based in Glen Rock, N.J. More than a third of Priests for Life’s spending covers administrative and fundraising expenses while less than two-thirds go to expenses to provide programs and services, resulting in low marks for efficiency, according to a report card posted on Charity Navigator’s website.

Several other pro-life groups score far higher."

Oops.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't think being a religious celebrity it good for anyone!

James said...

interesting thought.

James said...

i think you're right. the two just don't seem to go together very well. celebrity turns to notoriety turns to...? Not good.