In a diocese in Florida, a married priest (Lutheran convert) ministers in a parish. Nice article. He’s not allowed to be the pastor of his parish, though.

That honor falls to a man arrested for exposing himself in a public park:

(From 11/15/91 Tampa Tribune)

A Roman Catholic priest from Sarasota pleaded no contest after being arrested during an investigation into complaints men were soliciting sex from other men at a south Hillsborough park and highway rest stop.

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Carter announced the monthlong investigation Thursday. She said that George E. Brennan, 50, was charged Oct. 1 with lewd and lascivious behavior after exposing himself to an undercover deputy at a rest stop on Interstate 75 south .

One presumes that the prohibition of married priests serving as pastors is about "scandal" or "confusing the faithful" or something. I’m sure it is.

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